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Fencing: Jerry's admiration of Tom in an assault with Mr O'Shaunessy at the rooms in St James’s Street

Fencing: Jerry's admiration of Tom in an assault with Mr O'Shaunessy at the rooms in St James’s Street
 1821
plate 16 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
10.6 × 18.2 cm (image) 15.1 × 23.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14335; Cohn 262; Reid 1016, 4755
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Eng.d (d in superscript above . ) by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: FENCING. Jerry’s admiration of Tom in an “Assault” with M.R (R in superscript above . ) O’SHAUNESSY, at the Rooms in S,,t (t in superscript above ,, ) James’s St,,t (t in superscript above ,, )
printed in ink l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Feb.y (y in superscript above . ) 1, 1821.
Accession Number
3345H-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
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Gallery location
Not on display

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