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A visit to Cockney Farm

A visit to Cockney Farm
(1819); published 1835
from the Cruikshankiana series, published by Thomas McLean, London, 1835

Medium
etching

Measurements
21.8 × 33.5 cm (image) 25.2 × 34.8 cm (plate) 37.8 × 56.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr B. Moore, 1899

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 13437 ii/ii; Cohn 212, 2085 ii/ii; Reid 890 ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: (anchor)— —G. Cruikshank fec.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.r.: Pubd (d in superscript) May 25- 1819 by G Humphrey (…illeg.)
printed in ink (over previous inscription) l.r.: Pub,,d (d in superscript above ,, ) by Tho,,s (s in superscript above ,, ) M,,cLean, (c in superscript above ,, ) , 26, Haymarket, Aug,,t (t in superscript above ,, ) 1,,st (st in superscript above ,, ) 1835.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: A Visit to Cockney Farm _ viewing the Grounds & c & c & c / (ie) Being dragg’d through mud (mud underlined) & mire (mire underlined) by your cockney friend (who has lately taken _a _ seat in the Country) to show the improvements! (improvements underlined) & his ignorance (ignorance underlined) in Farming! (Farming underlined)
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.r.: (three speech bubbles of text)

Accession Number
4203.12-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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