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George Cruikshank
A swarm of English bees hiving in the Imperial Carriage (1816); published 1835
etching
23.8 × 34.3 cm (image) 26.7 × 36.3 cm (plate) 37.8 × 56.3 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr B. Moore, 1899
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A swarm of English bees hiving in the Imperial Carriage
(1816); published 1835
from the Cruikshankiana series, published by Thomas McLean, London, 1835
Medium
etching
Measurements
23.8 × 34.3 cm (image) 26.7 × 36.3 cm (plate) 37.8 × 56.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr B. Moore, 1899
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 12703 ii/ii; Cohn 212, 1959 ii/ii; Reid 559 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: G. Cruikshank fec_t (t in superscript above _ )
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 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 u.l.-u.r.: A Swarm of English Bees hiving in the Imperial Carriage!!_ Who would have thought it !!! !!! !!! _
printed in ink l.l-l.r.: A Scene at the LONDON Museum Piccadilly – or – A peep at the Spoils of Ambition, taken at the Battle of Waterloo – being a new Tax on John Bull for 1816 & c & c_Waterloo
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-l.r.: (text in speech bubbles and on ornaments)
Accession Number
4203.16-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
carriages (vehicles) cartoons (humorous images) exhibitions (events) galleries (display spaces) Napoleon I, Emperor of the French overcrowding viewers (observers)
Movements
Regency (British)