George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Billy Culmer and the Goose
7 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (183 x 215 mm)
Graphite and watercolor on paper.
1976.26:1
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: none.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition. This design was not used.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition. This design was not used.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; numbered in graphite below design, "p. 102". Blind stamp at lower left: crown and "Bath" within a lozenge.
Associated names
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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