Raising evil spirits [graphic].

Description

Title: Raising evil spirits [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 November 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 20th Nov. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and also based on the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
Plate numbered '164' in lower left corner.
One of a series of Drolls.
Temporary local subject terms: Astrologers -- Cabalistic signs -- Serpents -- Demons -- Emblems: crocodile as astrologer's emblem.
1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.3 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 23 x 27 cm.
On laid paper with watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.3 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 23 x 30 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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