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George Cruikshank

The Pope Applying for Admittance to St. Paul’s

1800-1899

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George Cruikshank

The Pope Applying for Admittance to St. Paul’s

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Pen and brown ink on paper, Sheet: 106 × 146 mm. (4 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number 1999.230

Inscribed: RECTO: T (black ink): 'The Pope applying for admittance to St. Paul's and referred by the / B. of London (Blomfield) to the side door.'; LC in image (black ink): 'Go roun to / the side door / I can't let / you hin'; B (black ink): 'sketched by G.C. apropos of my squib - called 'a continuation / of a Tale of a Tab' which he illustrated. / RHDB.'

Artist

George Cruikshank

1791–1877

English, 1792-1878
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