Three scenes from Hop o'my Thumb
Maker
(artist)
1792-1878
(etcher)
1792-1878
(publisher)
1792-1878
(etcher)
1792-1878
(publisher)
Title
Three scenes from Hop o'my Thumb
Date of Production
1853 = 1864
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4158.14
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Once Upon a Time - Artists and Storytelling, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London, 24/06/2009-26/07/2009
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre image & recto : below each scene : Hop'o my Thumb leads his Brothers out of the Wood / Hop'o my Thumb puts on the Seven League Boots - escapes from the Giant, and goes home / Hop'o my thumb arrives at home before his Brothers, shows the Seven League Boots to his / Father [ampersand] tells him about the Giant Ogre. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : George Cruikshank fecit //
Inscription: inscription : pen : lower centre mount & recto : later Witt inscription : G. CRUIKSHANK //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 926/6(68) //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : George Cruikshank fecit //
Inscription: inscription : pen : lower centre mount & recto : later Witt inscription : G. CRUIKSHANK //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 926/6(68) //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
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