Yale Center for British Art

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

after unknown artist, ( Yedes )

Published by J Sidebotham, active 1802–c.1829, British
Title:
Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother's Effects for the Benefit of the Creditors!!
Date:
1819
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (31.2 x 42 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in blue ink, on back, upper left: "4154"; in graphite, upper left: "$15.00"; lower left: "By George Cruikshank, 1819. | Note the miniature Poodle. | Held by the old lady at the | end of the table. A Rare Auction Print. (underlined)"; lower right: "383"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.1240
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
illustration | women | adults | men | children | humor | satire | fancy dress | hats | shoes | genre subject | caricature | shouting | crying | auction
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
Publications:
Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 275, fig. 15.10, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA)

Madeleine Pelling, Lives Laid Bare, Celebrity, Death and the Georgian Auction, https://www.historytoday.com/madeleine-pelling/lives-laid-bare-celebrity-death-and-georgian-auction , History Today, February 27, 2018, Avaliable Online
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49963