Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British

Published by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875, British
Title:
Monstrosities of 1822 - Pt. 5
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 x 16 5/16 inches (27.2 x 41.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "G Cruikshank invt fecit"; lower center: "Monstrosities of 1822. __ Pt. 5."; lower right: "Pub.d by Tho.s Mc,,Lean, 26 Haymarket Augt 1st 1835"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9707
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | caricature | statue | cityscape | dresses | pants | garden | hats | top hats | park (grounds) | ruffles | lace | monument | men | satire | fashion | illustration | walking | women | obese | dogs (animals)
Associated Places:
Hyde Park | Greater London | City of Westminster | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
Publications:
Andrew Hemingway, Transatlantic Romanticism : British and American art and literature, 1790/1860, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst and Boston, 2015, pp. 40-41, fig. 1;6, NX452.5.R64 T73 2015 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26012