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The Cholic

A work made of etching with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper.

Date:

published February 12, 1819

Artist:

George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878)
after Captain Frederick Marryat (English, 1792-1848)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

George Cruikshank

Title

The Cholic

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

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Published 1819

Medium

Etching with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 26.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1391

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