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The Giant Ogre falls alseep

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

(publisher)

Title

The Giant Ogre falls alseep

Date of Production

1853 = 1864

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 11.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4158.16

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

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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 : lower centre image & recto : : The Giant Ogre falls asleep. Hop'o my Thum pulls off, / the Seven League Boots whilst his Brothers run away. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : George Cruikshank //

Inscription: inscription : pen : lower centre mount & recto : later Witt inscription : G. CRUIKSHANK //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 926/7(70) //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT LIBRARY //

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