The Old Print Shop

The Antiquarian Society.

  • ARTIST: George Cruikshank

  • PUBLISHER: Published by M. Jones, No. 5 Newgate Street (London)

  • MEDIUM: Etching and engraving, hand colored.

    DATE: 1812.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 7/8 x 14 3/8" (17.4 x 36.4 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: The gentleman at the podium is saying "Behold Gentleman a most curious relique of Antiquity" In his left had he holds a document "K.I.S.S. M.Y. R... " The print appeared in the June 1st, 1812 edition of The Scourge: Or, Monthly Expositor of Imposture and Folly,

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for a printers crease. Three vertical folds, as issued. Full original hand coloring.

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