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Master B Finding things not exactly what he expected

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

(publisher)
1788-1875

Title

Master B Finding things not exactly what he expected

Date of Production

1.8.1835

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4161

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




























latern







cracked

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left margin, printed: Master B. Finding things not exactly what he expected

Inscription: Recto: upper right margin, printed: Plate 2.

Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: [anchor symbol] = G Cruikshank sculpt.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: "A Cavern lies, unknown to cheering day" / "Where one small taper lends a feeble ray" / "Where wild disorder holds her wanton reign" / And careless mortals frolic in her train " / Falconer

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

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