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The Black Knight and the Clerk of Copmanhurst

George Cruikshank and Fisher, Son & Co.

The Black Knight and the Clerk of Copmanhurst

1842

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The Black Knight and the Clerk of Copmanhurst

1842

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 121 x 169 mm. (4 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.) Image: 82 x 130 mm. (3 1/4 x 5 1/8 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 1996.48.718
Illustration from the book "Ivanhoe", one of the novels from Sir Walter Scott's series "Waverly Novels"
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: Inscribed in plate: lower left "Geo. Cruikshank"; lower center "16.257-258", "The Black Knight & The Clerk of Copmanhurst", "Le chevalier noir et Le Clerc de Copmanhurst", "FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1843"

Markings: None

Artist

George Cruikshank

1791–1877

English, 1792-1878
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Publisher

Fisher, Son & Co.

1820–1847

operated c. 1821 - 1848
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