Terms and conditions of use
Resist unto blood the true Christian warfare, the spirit against the flesh
1791
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
23.2 × 38.2 cm (image) 27.2 × 40.6 cm (plate) 27.6 × 41.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Krumbhaar 988; BM Satires 8004
Printing/Publishing
published by S. W. Fores, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: I Cruikshank: Del
printed in ink l.l.-l.c.: RESIST unto BLOOD The true Christian Warfare, the Spirit against the Flesh. / A SKETCH for an ALTARPIECE for the CHURCH at HENDON.
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: London Pub. Feb..ry (ry in superscript above ..) 17 1791 by S Fores N'3 Piccadilly where be scene the largest collection of Caricatures in the Kingdom also the head & hand of Count Struenzie admitance 1 Sh
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.l.: (lines of speech)
Accession Number
1284-4
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 Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
burials cartoons (humorous images) cemeteries churchyards conflict (general sense) fighting graves mourners
Movements
Georgian