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The sentimental novel reader

The sentimental novel reader
(1847)
illustration for The Greatest Plague of Life by the Brothers Mayhew (eds.), published by David Bogue, London, 1847

Medium
etching
Measurements
12.4 × 9.4 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 544; Reid 2410
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: George Cruikshank
Accession Number
4294.20-3
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)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
domestic cat (species) illustrations (layout features) maids (servants) plates (general, dishes) reading (activity) saucepans washing (cleaning) women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian