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The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant

George Cruikshank  (British, London 1792–1878 London)

Publisher:
Published by M. [or W. N.] Jones (London)
Date:
January 1, 1812
Medium:
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 13/16 x 20 5/16 in. (19.8 x 51.6 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number:
17.3.3495
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: in plate: "G. Cruikshank fec-t"

    Inscription: in plate: "Published January 1st by M Jones No. 5 Newgate Street"

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cohn no. 732, pt. 13, p. 207; British Museum Satires 11935; Reid 145

  • References

    Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, cat. no. 57, 78-79, ill.



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