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Symptoms of the finish of 'some sorts of life' in London: Tom, Jerry and Logic in the Press Yard at Newgate
1821
plate 20 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
11.0 × 18.5 cm (image) 15.2 × 23.6 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 14339; Cohn 262; Reid 1020, 4755
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Eng.d (d in superscript above . ) by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
printed in ink l.c.l.-l.c.r.: Symptoms of the finish of “Some Sorts of Life” in London._Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in the Press Yard, at Newgate.
printed in ink l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, April 1821.
Accession Number
3345J-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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