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Taking care of number one
(1853)
plate 2 from The Comic Almanack for 1853, published by David Bogue, London
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.0 × 14.5 cm (image) 10.1 × 16.9 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 2555
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Designed & Etched by / George Cruikshank
printed in ink u.c.: “ Taking care of Number One_” or _
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: A Gentleman endevouring to keep Number One “_out of “St (t in superscript) Pauls Church Yard.”
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.l.-u.r.: John! as it is a fine morning I shall go out for a walk … (8 lines of text) … of number / one”
printed in ink (in image) (on newspaper) c.: Return of the most / Healthy places / in England
Accession Number
4294.30-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) dining domestics (servants) food gentlemen gluttony health temperance
Movements
Victorian