Accession number
PML 88490
Creator
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856
Published
London : Pubd. by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, Septr. 1, 1819.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title from cover of panorama drum.
"I.R. Cruikshank Invt. & Fecit"--plate 1, scene 2.
"London Pubd. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Septr. 1, 1819"--plate 8, scene 42.
The hand-colored aquatint panorama consists of 8 sheets, joined to make a continous strip of 42 numbered scenes that reads from right to left. The prints show a group of Londoners traveling by foot, carriage, boat (sc. 27), donkey (sc. 11), and velocipede (sc. 12), from Castle Tavern near Hyde Park (sc. 1), to a boxing match in Moulsey Hurst, where the outdoor ring is located in a large field. The combatants are Jack Randall and West-Country Dick. Randall was called the winner after 33 1/2 minutes (sc. 32). Landmarks seen along the way include the White Horse Inn (sc. 14) and the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park near Hampton Court (sc. 24). Rolled as a scroll onto a wooden spool inside a cylindrical box-wood drum, to be pulled out through a slot.
A copy of "Key to the picture of the fancy Going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst. Dedicated, by permisson, to Mr. Jackson and the Pugilistic Club. Designed and etched by I.R. Cruikshank, under the direction of P. Egan" provided by a collector is in the departmental folder for this work.
"I.R. Cruikshank Invt. & Fecit"--plate 1, scene 2.
"London Pubd. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Septr. 1, 1819"--plate 8, scene 42.
The hand-colored aquatint panorama consists of 8 sheets, joined to make a continous strip of 42 numbered scenes that reads from right to left. The prints show a group of Londoners traveling by foot, carriage, boat (sc. 27), donkey (sc. 11), and velocipede (sc. 12), from Castle Tavern near Hyde Park (sc. 1), to a boxing match in Moulsey Hurst, where the outdoor ring is located in a large field. The combatants are Jack Randall and West-Country Dick. Randall was called the winner after 33 1/2 minutes (sc. 32). Landmarks seen along the way include the White Horse Inn (sc. 14) and the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park near Hampton Court (sc. 24). Rolled as a scroll onto a wooden spool inside a cylindrical box-wood drum, to be pulled out through a slot.
A copy of "Key to the picture of the fancy Going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst. Dedicated, by permisson, to Mr. Jackson and the Pugilistic Club. Designed and etched by I.R. Cruikshank, under the direction of P. Egan" provided by a collector is in the departmental folder for this work.
Description
1 panorama : wood and paper, col. ill. (aquatint) ; 6.5 x 396.24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's wooden cylindrical drum (10.5 x 5 cm), covered with hand-colored aquatint paper label of boxing scene. In modern red cloth case with morocco spine signed JPW (Julia P. Wightman) 1972.
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