George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Jack's Trump of Defiance", with other sketches, including "The Prince Regent"
9 7/8 x 15 9/16 inches (251 x 397 mm)
Pencil on paper.
1976.26:2
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: C. Wilmot / 1823.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 21.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 21.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at left center, "George Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist in black ink at upper left, "Sketch for Greenwich Hospital"; at right center, "The Prince Regent"; in pencil at left center, "Scenery of Riot"; computations at lower left.
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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