Dutch toy (A)!!! : Or a pretty plaything for a young princess!!!

Dutch toy (A)!!!

Item Information

Title:
Dutch toy (A)!!! : Or a pretty plaything for a young princess!!!
Description:
Princess Charlotte sits enthroned under a canopy, holding up a jointed puppet (a pantin) representing the Prince of Orange in military dress. She pulls the string that passes vertically through head and body so that arms and legs are extended.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher:
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846
Name on Item:
G. Cruikshank fec't
Date:
June 20, 1814
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Princesses
Princes
Puppets
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
William II, King of the Netherlands, 1792-1849
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 37 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c289w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : Tho's Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Cohn: 1078
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Notes (object):
Signature dated March 1814. This plate should be distinguished from the caricature by Robert Cruikshank with the same title.
Identifier:
18_08_000030
Barcode:
36666000212643