Artworks · George Cruikshank

September from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1835 · Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)

Primary support: 20.3 × 33.2 cm (8 × 13 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 34.5 × 50.4 cm (13 5/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

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January from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1835 · Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)

Primary support: 20.4 × 33.4 cm (8 1/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.3 × 50.7 cm (13 9/16 × 20 in.)

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May from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1835 · Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)

Primary support: 20.3 × 33.3 cm (8 × 13 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 34.5 × 50.5 cm (13 5/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Anticipated Effects of the Tailors' "Strike"

1834 · etching (restrike)

plate: 27.8 × 38 cm (10 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.9 × 49.4 cm (14 1/8 × 19 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Fashions and Frights of 1829 (recto); Angels Ever Bright and Fair (verso)

1829 · Graphite with brush and watercolor (recto) and graphite (verso) on ivory wove paper

27.5 × 37.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 13/16 in.)

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An Unkind Wish

1828 · pen and brown ink with watercolor on wove paper

sheet: 10.5 x 16.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Anecdotes: Proof

1827 · Lithograph on paper

Image: 6 × 8.9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 14.2 × 11.6 cm (5 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

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Anecdotes: Border for a Title Page

1827 · Lithograph on paper

Image: 20.7 × 12 cm (8 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 15 cm (9 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Dancing Lesson, Part 3: L'ete

1825 · Etching on paper

Image: 10.5 × 15 cm (4 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Plate: 13 × 17 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 23.5 cm (8 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

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Study for the The Dancing Lesson, part 2: The Minuet

1825 · Pen and brown ink over graphite, on tan laid paper

22.8 × 33.9 cm (9 × 13 3/8 in.)

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Very unpleasant weather

1820 · etching and engraving with publisher's hand coloring

image: 22.1 × 36.2 cm (8 11/16 × 14 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.6 × 39.4 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The New Union Club

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 28 × 46 cm (11 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 31.5 × 48 cm (12 7/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

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Voila-t-on Mort!!!

1819 · Hand-colored etching and letterpress on paper

Image: 20 × 24.6 cm (7 7/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 3/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 38.5 × 25.7 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

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A Visit to Cockney Farm

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.3 × 34.8 cm (9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Plate: 25 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 35.7 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Fashionable Portraits

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 20 × 25 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 20.7 × 25.7 cm (8 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 26.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Undeviating Rectitude

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 25.1 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 25.7 × 20.8 cm (10 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 21.3 cm (10 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

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The Belle-Alliance

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.5 × 34.7 cm (9 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 35.3 cm (9 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 35.7 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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A Tailor in a High Wind

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 25.2 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 25.7 × 20.7 cm (10 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 21.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

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The Sailor's Progress

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 26.5 × 39.5 cm (10 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 27.2 × 40.1 cm (10 3/4 × 15 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.6 × 40.7 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/16 in.)

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The Cholic

1819 · Etching with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 26.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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The Funeral Procession of the Rump

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 19 × 62 cm (7 1/2 × 24 7/16 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 22.7 × 63 cm (8 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

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Landing the Treasures

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 20 × 53 cm (7 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 22.8 × 55.3 cm (9 × 21 13/16 in.)

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Sales by Auction

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 21.4 × 33.9 cm (8 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 23.4 × 34.5 cm (9 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

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A Match for the Kings Plate-By Hacks

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.2 × 34.4 cm (9 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 35.2 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 35.5 cm (10 × 14 in.)

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Pull Devil, Pull Baker!

1819 · Hand-colored engraving on paper

Image: 20.5 × 32.7 cm (8 1/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Ancient and Modern Military Dandies of 1450

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 25.3 × 35.4 cm (10 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 36 cm (10 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 36.5 cm (10 11/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

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Lacing in Style

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 21.5 × 33 cm (8 1/2 × 13 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 23.7 × 33.4 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/16 in.)

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Humming Birds, or A Dandy Trio

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.2 × 34.2 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 25 × 35 cm (9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 42.3 cm (11 5/8 × 16 11/16 in.)

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The Headache

1819 · Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 17.9 × 23.4 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 21 × 26.7 cm (8 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 35.3 cm (10 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Irish Decency ! ! ! no. 2

1819 · Hand-colored etching on wove paper

Image: 21.9 × 33.1 cm (8 5/8 × 13 1/16 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 25.5 × 39.3 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

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Irish Decency ! ! ! no. 1

1819 · Etching with hand-coloring on wove paper

Image: 21.5 × 33.2 cm (8 1/2 × 13 1/8 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 25.3 × 39.3 cm (10 × 15 1/2 in.)

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The Headache

1819 · Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper

Image, hand-coloring extends beyond platemark: 21 × 25.8 cm (8 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.4 × 26.2 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Humming Birds, or A Dandy Trio

1819 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.2 × 34.2 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 25 × 35 cm (9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 42.3 cm (11 5/8 × 16 11/16 in.)

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Dandies or Monstrosities of 1818

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24 × 34.2 cm (9 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 35 cm (9 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 35.5 cm (10 × 14 in.)

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Fashionables of 1818

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 20 × 34.5 cm (7 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 35.7 cm (8 7/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Traveling in France

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.5 × 34.5 cm (9 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 35.1 cm (10 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.8 × 35.7 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Le Palais Royal - de Paris

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.7 × 35 cm (9 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate: 25.2 × 35.6 cm (9 15/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 36 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

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A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!!!

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 32 × 22.5 cm (12 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet cut within platemark: 33.8 × 23 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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The Piccadilly Nuisance!

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.2 × 34.4 cm (9 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Plate: 24.6 × 35 cm (9 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 35.5 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.)

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The Hombourg Waltz, with Characteristic Sketches of Family Dancing!

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.5 × 35 cm (9 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 35.8 cm (10 × 14 1/8 in.)

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Inconvienences of a Crowded Drawing Room

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.7 × 34.5 cm (9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 25.2 × 35.3 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 35.7 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

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The Logierian System

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 27.1 × 39.7 cm (10 11/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Plate: 27.5 × 40.3 cm (10 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 40.8 cm (11 1/8 × 16 1/8 in.)

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The Savoyards

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.7 × 35.5 cm (9 3/4 × 14 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 36 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 36.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 3/8 in.)

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The T Trade in Hot Water

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24.1 × 34.2 cm (9 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 34.8 cm (9 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 35.3 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

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A Dandy & a Dandyzette

1818 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 22.5 × 33.5 cm (8 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet cut within platemark: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

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La Belle Assemblée

1817 · Handcolored etching on wove paper

Image: 18 × 54.5 cm (7 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Sheet, cut within plate: 20.2 × 55.3 cm (8 × 21 13/16 in.)

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A Curious Junto of Slandering Elves

1817 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 24 × 34.5 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 24.8 × 35.2 cm (9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 35.6 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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The Return of Paris

1817 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 27 × 37.4 cm (10 11/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Plate: 27.7 × 38.1 cm (10 15/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 38.5 cm (11 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)

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