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Bow Street: Tom and Jerry's sensibility awakened at the pathetic tale of the elegant Cyprian, the feeling coachman, and the generous magistrate
1820
plate 8 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
10.7 × 18.9 cm (image) 15.0 × 23.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14327; Cohn 262; Reid 1008, 4755
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: BOW STREET. Tom & Jerry’s sensibility awakened at the pathetic tale of the elegant / Cyprian,_the feeling Coachman,_and the generous Magistrate.
printed in ink l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Nov.r (r in superscript above . ) 1,1820.
Accession Number
3345D-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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