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George Cruikshank
Born a genius and born a dwarf (1847)
etching
8.1 × 13.1 cm (image) 9.9 × 14.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
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Born a genius and born a dwarf
(1847)
plate 7 from The Comic Almanack for 1847, published by David Bogue, London
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.1 × 13.1 cm (image) 9.9 × 14.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 184; Reid 2397
Inscription
printed in ink l.c. : George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: BORN A GENIUS AND BORN A DWARF.
printed in ink (in image) (on picture frame) u.c.: Thumb Castle
Accession Number
4294.28-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) cartoons (humorous images) comparison dwarfs fortune genius (creative ability) poverty prosperity
Movements
Victorian