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Money Hunting

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

(publisher)
1788-1875

Title

Money Hunting

Date of Production

1.8.1835

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 16.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4159

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









thin








ruffle



Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, printed: Money Hunting.

Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Designed by an Amature. Etched by George Cruikshank

Inscription: Recto: upper left image under artwork, printed: The Bank of England

Inscription: Recto: upper right image under artwork, printed: Siege of Acre

Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Pubd. by Thos. McLean. 26 Haymarket Augt. 1st 1835.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin & recto: "Had I a heart for falshood fram'd / I ne'er could injure you - / For tho' your tongue no promise claimed / Your Charmes would make me true! & c & c & c.

Inscription: Recto: upper left mount, handwritten in pencil: [illegible word] only

Inscription: Recto: upper right mount, handwritten in pencil: Witt Print Coll.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, handwritten in pen: George CRUIKSHANK

Stamp: Recto: lower right mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

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