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Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
55.7 × 98.4 cm irreg. (image) 61.1 × 98.4 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 61.6 × 98.8 cm (backing board)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 2110; Reid 2644
Printing/Publishing
printed by Richard Holdgate, London; published by William Tweedie, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: The Figures outlined on the Steel Plate by George Cruikshank, & the Engraving finished by Charles Mottram
printed in ink l.r.: Printed by R. Holdgate, and Published June 20,,th (th in superscript above ,, ) 1864; by William Tweedie, 337, Strand , London
printed in ink l.c.: THE WORSHIP OF BACCHUS, / OR, / THE DRINKING CUSTOMS OF SOCIETY, / SHOWING, HOW UNIVERSALLY THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ARE USED, UPON EVERY OCCASION IN LIFE, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (text on signs, placards, barrels and architecture)
Accession Number
p.179.17-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Belgian Government, 1868
Gallery location
Not on display