Research Catalog

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Description

1. 3 prints : etching, some col.; 24 x 34.6 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Caricatures depicting a judge hanging from a portable gallows, the introduction of gas-light to London and Mayor Matthew Wood's campaign against vice. BM12817 is a burlesque of Henry Fuseli's painting, The Nightmare.

Subject

1. Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
2. Wood, Matthew
3. Gallows
4. Gas-lighting
5. Judges
6. Prostitutes

Genre/Form

1. Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
2. Prints – English – 1800-1899.

Contents

1. BM12124. The Portable Purificator -- BM12633. The Introduction of GAS!!! or Throwing a NEW LIGHT on the subject -- BM12817. The Nightmare.

Call number

1. MEZYRL

Note

1. Prints attributed to George Cruikshank by Mary Dorothy George, Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in The British Museum, Vol. IX, 1949.
2. Title devised by cataloger.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. Caricature Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Caricature Collection.

Author

1. Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

Title

1. Caricatures [graphic].

Imprint

1. 1813-1816.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. Caricature Collection.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Caricature Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZYRL