Stale mate [graphic]

Description

Title: Stale mate [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: March 10, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: The husband and wife of British Museum satires number 14307 sit in a luxurious breakfast parlour, turning their backs on each other and the table. She caresses a cat, facing an empty grate (right); he is absorbed in a newspaper
Description: Title from caption below image.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.8 x 16.5 cm, on sheet 20 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Topic): Cats
Couples
Newspapers
Parlors
Reading
Subjects: Cats
Couples
Newspapers
Parlors > England
Reading
England > 1821
England > London > 1821

Access: Public
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