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A Startling Effect

George Cruikshank

A Startling Effect

1837

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George Cruikshank

A Startling Effect

1837

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 135 x 94 mm. (5 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.742
From the book "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi," edited by Charles Dickens
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower center "George Cruikshank"

Markings: None

Artist

George Cruikshank

1791–1877

English, 1792-1878
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