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Hop O' My Thumb and the Seven League Boots

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

(publisher)

Title

Hop O' My Thumb and the Seven League Boots

Date of Production

1853 = 1864

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 11.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4158.2

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 : upper centre image on banner above ogre & recto : : Hop o' my Thumb [ampersand] the Seven League Boots. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre image on banner below ogre & recto : : The Father proposes to lose the Children!!! //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image below tree & recto : : They Leave Hop 'o my Thumb / and his Brothers in the Wood. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre edge of image & recto : : George Cruikshank //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 926/4(44) //

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

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

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