Highest life in London: Tom and Jerry ‘sporting a toe’ among the Corinthians at Almacks in the West
1821
plate 24 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
11.3 × 18.9 cm (image) 15.1 × 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 14342; Cohn 262; Reid 4755, 5102
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Drawn & Engraved by I.R & G. Cruikshank.
printed in ink l.l-l.r.: HIGHEST LIFE IN LONDON. Tom & Jerry, “Sporting a Toe,” among the Corinthians, at / Almacks in the West.
printed in ink l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones May 1 1821.
Accession Number
3345L-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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