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Titlepage

Titlepage
 1821
for Life in London by Pierce Egan, published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, London, 1821

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
23.6 × 14.9 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14320; Cohn 262; Reid 1001, 4755
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Engd (d in superscript) by I R and G. Cruikshank
printed in ink l.c.: Pubd (d in superscript) by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, July 15 1821.
printed in ink u.c.-l.r.: CORINTHIAN CAPTIAL, / ROSES, PINKS, AND TULIPS. / UPS and / INS & OUTS / DOWNS / OF / LIFE IN LONDON. / (THE BASE.) / Here are we met free merry Boys, / Three merry boys I trow are we, / And many a night we’ve merry been, / And many mae we hope to be. Burns
printed (vertically) in ink u.l.: The Flowers
printed (vertically) in ink u.r.: of Society
printed in ink u.c.l.-l.c.r.: Noble Respectable / Mechanical Tag Rag & Bob tail / Bunches of Turn-ups Strings of Ing-ens
Accession Number
3345A-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
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