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First study for 'A Complaint'

First study for 'A Complaint'
 (1865)
Illustration for Punch August 12, 1865, p. 56.

Medium
pen and brown ink over pencil
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and brown ink over pencil
Measurements
11.4 × 17.8 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) u.c.: \Old Bunting taking 40 winks at the Miverva Club/
Accession Number
2531-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
artists (visual artists) cartoons (humorous images) clubs (associations) repose (activity) sketching sleepers (people by common activity) sleeping studies (visual works)
Movements
Victorian

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