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Unidentified and George Cruikshank

Jug

1806

Scroll

Jug

1806

Physical Qualities Earthenware, transfer-printed and luster decoration, 5 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 15.6 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Object Number 2000.191

Inscribed: No makers mark, “Since boxing is a manly game, / And Britons recreation; / By boxing we will raise our fame, / ‘Bove any other nation. / Throw pistols, poniards, swords a side, / And all such deadly tools,; Let boxing be the Britons pride, / The science of their schools.”

Maker

Unidentified

Designer

George Cruikshank

1791–1877

English, 1792-1878
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