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Humming birds or A dandy trio

Humming birds or A dandy trio
 (1819); published 1835
from the Cruikshankiana series, published by Thomas McLean, London, 1835

Medium
etching
Measurements
22.9 × 32.8 cm (image) 25.3 × 34.7 cm (plate) 37.8 × 56.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 13446 ii/ii; Cohn 212, 1216 ii/ii; Reid 895 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: J S. Esq.r (r in superscript above . ) del _ G. Cruik =k (k in superscript above = ) etch’d
printed in ink l.r.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Tho,,s (s in supescript above ,, ) M,,cLean, (c in superscript above ,, ) 26, Haymarket, Aug.t (t in superscript above . ) 1,,st (st in superscript above ,, ) 1835.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Humming=birds _ or _ a Dandy Trio_!!!
printed in ink (in image) (on picture frames) c.l.-c.r.: VACUNA NARCISSUS
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: (text on music books)
Accession Number
4203.13-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr B. Moore, 1899
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 Musical
Subjects (specific)
caricatures cartoons (humorous images) dandyism fashion (culture-related concept) men (male humans) musical instruments musicians vanity (philosophical concept)
Movements
Regency (British)