A whistling shop Tom & Jerry visiting Logic "on board the Fleet" / [graphic]

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Title: A whistling shop Tom & Jerry visiting Logic "on board the Fleet" / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Whistling shop Tom and Jerry visiting Logic on board the Fleet
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Contributor: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, publisher.
Published / Created: May 1, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
Abstract: "Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children; illustration to Egan's "Life in London""--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: Egan, P. Life in London.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvi.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14 x 22.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Aquatints England London 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849.
Subjects: Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 > Illustrations
England > 1821
England > London > 1821

Access: Public
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