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Tom and Jerry taking the hint at Logic's being blown up at Point Nonplus …
1821
plate 34 from Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint

Measurements
11.7 × 19.3 cm (image) 15.4 × 24.7 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 14352; Cohn 262; Reid 4755, 5112

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.: Tom and Jerry taking the hint at Logic’s being blown up at “Point Nonplus;” / or, long “wanted” by John Doe and Richard Roe and must “come”.
printed in ink l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Sherwood, Neely & Jones March 2 1821

Accession Number
3345Q-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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