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George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British, Conjurer with Pistol and Cards, ca. 1826
- Title:
- Conjurer with Pistol and Cards
- Date:
- ca. 1826
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, black ink, watercolor, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 3/16 × 7 5/8 inches (13.2 × 19.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: "Drawn by G. Croukshank for my | Uncle Thos Hughes Bookseller and Publisher | Ludgate Hill corner of Stationers Court | to illustrate a work entitled the Conjurer | Unmasked - about the year 1826. | Thos. Packwood Alder."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4994
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- audience | candle | caricature | crowd | magician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8586
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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