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"My Wife is a Woman of Mind" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

A work made of four steel etchings in black on cream india paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé).
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  • A work made of four steel etchings in black on cream india paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé).

Date:

1847, printed c. 1880

Artist:

George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878)
published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century)

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Status

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

George Cruikshank

Title

"My Wife is a Woman of Mind" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1847

Medium

Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)

Dimensions

Primary support: 21.4 × 33.8 cm (8 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.3 × 50.5 cm (13 9/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.4847.57

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