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Virgo: Unmatched enjoyment

Virgo: Unmatched enjoyment
 (1846)
plate 8 from The Comic Almanack for 1846, published by David Bogue, London

Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
8.3 × 14.0 cm (image) 9.6 × 15.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 184; Reid 2371
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: George Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: VIRGO _ Unmatched enjoyment.
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: Bleſs the young / Ladies ! How happy / they they all do seem / to be! Bleſs their / little hearts !
Accession Number
4294.31-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) dog (species) domestic cat (species) domestics (servants) pets (domestic animals) social functions women (female humans) zodiac symbols
Movements
Victorian

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