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Jerry in training for a 'swell'

Jerry in training for a 'swell'
1820
plate 2 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint

Measurements
10.7 × 18.3 cm (image) 15.2 × 23.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14321; Cohn 262; Reid 1002, 4755

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: Jerry in training for a “Swell” / Pubd (d in superscript) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Augt (t in superscipt) 31. 1820

Accession Number
3345B-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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