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Three scenes from Hop o'my Thumb

Maker

(artist)
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

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 //

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