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Mauger sharpening his axe

Mauger sharpening his axe
(1840)
illustration for The Tower of London: An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1840

Medium
etching
Measurements
12.3 × 10.0 cm (image) 12.6 × 10.0 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
R2086
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: George Cruikshank
Accession Number
4294.1-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
axes (weapons) beheadings executioners grindstones (equipment components) illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) Tower of London (historic site)
Movements
Victorian