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Pride and exaltation in a sedan chair

Pride and exaltation in a sedan chair
 1797
plate 84 from the Eccentric excursions series, published by Allen & Co., London, 1797-1818

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
17.8 × 23.8 cm (image) 18.0 × 24.6 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 31.5 × 45.2 cm (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Krumbhaar 304, 935; BM Satires 9147
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Woodward del
printed in ink l.r.: Cruikshanks sculp
printed in ink l.c.: London published by Allen & C.o (o in superscript above . ) .15, Paternoster Row April 1 1797.
printed in ink (in image) (on street sign) u.c.: The High / PAVEMENT
Accession Number
1281-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
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 Travel
Subjects (specific)
caricatures men (male humans) rain sedan chairs street scenes umbrellas weather women (female humans)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)