Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851 [graphic]

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Title: Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851 [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor: Ploucquet, Herrmann.
Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, 1804-1874, artist.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
Bogue, David, 1807 or 1808-1856, publisher.
Published / Created: July 1st, 1851.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by D. Bogue, 86 Fleet St.
Description: Title from caption below images.
Numerous small designs divided into two groups by a horizontal line, the six designs towards the bottom having individual captions etched below.
Text above designs on bottom part of plate: These six subjects are from Kaulbach's designs illustrating Goethe's fable of "Reynard the fox."
Text among designs on top part of plate: Copied by permission of H. Ploucquet, preparator to the Royal Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, Germany.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxv, p. 136.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21.5 x 27.9 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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