[The Wimbledon hoax!, or, Waterloo review!!!!!!] [art original] / Geoe. Cruikshank

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Title: [The Wimbledon hoax!, or, Waterloo review!!!!!!] [art original] / Geoe. Cruikshank
Alternative Title: Waterloo review
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1816]
Publication Place: England and England London
Abstract: Preliminary drawings on front and back for a print, "The Wimbledon hoax!, or, Waterloo review!!!!!!", etched by Cruikshank and published by James Johnson 10 June 1816, with the design reversed. Holiday-making familiese of 'cits' drive, ride, and walk in the park
Description: Title from that of the print, for which these are preparatory drawings.
Signed by the artist in brown ink in lower right corner.
Date inferred from that of the associated print, which was published 1 July 1816 by J. Johnson as the frontispiece to The Scourge, xii. See no. 12790 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
Two notes about the design written by the artist in ink and graphite.
Provenance: Purchased from Rob Zanger Rare Books, August 2024.
Extent: 2 drawings : sheet 22.5 x 49 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English