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Isaac Cruikshank
Flannel coats of mail against the cold or The British ladies’ patriotic presents to the Army 1793
hand-coloured etching
24.2 × 35.4 cm (image) 26.3 × 36.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 29.1 × 40.5 cm (backing sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
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Flannel coats of mail against the cold or The British ladies’ patriotic presents to the Army
1793
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
24.2 × 35.4 cm (image) 26.3 × 36.3 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 29.1 × 40.5 cm (backing sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Krumbhaar 377; BM Satires 8349
Printing/Publishing
published by S. W. Fores, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: IC
printed in ink u.l.: London Pub. Novr (ovr in superscript) 25 1793 by SWFores N3 Piccadilly
printed in ink l.r-l.l.: Flannel Coats of Mail Against the French (crossed out three times) Cold (Cold in superscript above French) or the Britsh Ladies Patriotic Presents to the Army.
printed in ink (in image) u.c.l.: Ladies Subscription / Re^ady (a in superscript above ^ for Action
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: Aye Aye this is making a good / use of ones old flannel / Petticoats
printed in ink (in image) (on portraits) u.r.: l.r.: Austria / Germany / KPrussia / Poland
printed in ink (in image) u.c.l.: Phoo
Accession Number
1573.50-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Costume Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
breeches (trousers) cartoons (humorous images) flannel hats military uniforms soldiers tailors
Movements
Georgian