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The Peace Society, or a New "Field of Action" for the Military - in "The Good Time Coming" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top)

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

Date:

1852, 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

The Peace Society, or a New "Field of Action" for the Military - in "The Good Time Coming" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top)

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1852

Medium

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

Dimensions

Primary support: 20 × 16.3 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.4 × 25.2 cm (13 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.4847.69

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