Monstrosities of 1822
George Cruikshank, English, 1792 - 1878
1822
Hand-colored etching on paper
Image: 10 1/4 × 14 13/16 in. (26.1 × 37.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 3/16 in. (28.1 × 38.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Mrs. Jason W. Hartshorn
PR.979.90
Publisher
G. Humphrey, London
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: G. Cruikshank fec.; titled, in plate, lower center: Monstrosities of 1822; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Pub.d [d in superscript] Oct.r [r in superscript] 19th [th in superscript] 1822 by G. Humphrey 27 S.t [t in superscript] James's Street London
Course History
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
WGST 65, Queer Visual Culture, Gabriele Dietze, Winter 2014
Provenance
Estate of Mrs. Jason W. Hartshorn to Baker Library, Dartmouth College; transferred to present collection, 1979.
Catalogue Raisonne
Reid (1871): 1094; Douglas (1903): 1168; Cohn (1924): 1752
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