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The longitude and latitude of Warley Camp in the summer of 1795. / [? I. Cruikshank].

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Isaac Cruikshank

The longitude and latitude of Warley Camp in the summer of 1795. / [? I. Cruikshank].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1795.

hand colored etching
image: 23 x 25 cm; plate: 24.3 x 30.4 cm; sheet: 26 x 32.3 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2860
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A design in two compartments. On the left is a tall officer standing stiffly in profile to the right, his elbow to his side and holding his drawn sabre erect. He has a grotesquely long and projecting nose. On the right a short, fat officer stands full-face, his left hand on the hilt of his sword.

Associated names
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811 engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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