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: Bequest of Mrs. Jason W. Hartshorn
PR.979.90
Publisher
G. Humphrey, London
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
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
WGST 65, Queer Visual Culture, Gabriele Dietze, Winter 2014
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
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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