The knowing crops [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The knowing crops [graphic].
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist.
Laurie & Whittle, publisher. - Published / Created
- [12 May 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 12th May 179[4?] by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Abstract
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Two dandies (or bucks)-- one thin and one stout--shake hands as they greet each other in a field. They wear high-crowned hats of the period and tight breeches; they both have clubs stuffed in their pockets. The man on the left holds a monocle (quizzing glass) to his eye to inspect the othe rman
- Description
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Title etched above image.
Artist identified from signed drawing in the Huntington Library.
See earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue: "Publish'd 21 Novr. 1791. by Robt. Sayer & Co. Fleet Street London."
Other plates in this series, numbers 78, 85, and 85, also published 12 May 1794. Laurie and Whittle purchased the plates from Robert Sayer in the spring of 1794.
From the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series. Numbered '72' in lower left of plate.
Caption below image: Ha! Jack is it you, how are you dam-me.
Lewis Walpole Library: Year from date of imprint erased and replace with a manuscript '1' in black ink.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
For a description of the original drawing on which this print is based see: Isaac Cruikshank's drawings for Drolls. San Marino, Calif., The Huntington Library, 1968, no. 23.
Watermark. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v (1794).
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 20 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 794.05.12.55
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Hairstyles
Monocles
Nightsticks - Subjects
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Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Dandies > British
Hairstyles
Monocles
Nightsticks
England > 1794
England > London > 1794
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7990984
- Object ID (OID)
- 10939105
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