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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The umbrella
hand colored etching
image: 255 x 199 mm; plate mark: 266 x 206 mm
Peel 2092
Published:
[London] : Pub'd by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St., 27 March 1820
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (1952)
Trimmed to plate mark.
Printed directly below image, left: Sketch'd by an Amateur / etch'd by G. Cruikshank
Printed below title: "They make these here things sadly too small for good sized people! / I'll be hang'd if I ar'nt as wet as Muck!!"
Summary:
A very large woman steps daintily along the pavement carrying a very small green umbrella.
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