Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Item Information

Title:
Some of the drolleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Description:
Numerous images of animals engaged in human activities including weasels writing, caring for their children, sitting at tea and dueling. Moles are digging with spades, rabbit schoolchildren, a frog barber shaving another as well as Reynard the Fox, in various situations.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher:
Bogue, David, 1807 or 1808-1856
Name on Item:
Sketched & etched by Geo Cruikshank
Date:
[July 1, 1851]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Mayhew's Exhibition - 1851
Subjects:
Animals in human situations
Rabbits
Foxes
Weasels
Moles (Animals)
Frogs
Reynard, the Fox (Legendary character)
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 31 x 50 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c3273
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
86 Fleet St. : D. Bouge
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Cohn: 548
Inscribed on item: These six subjects are from Kaulbach's designs illustrating Goethe's fable of "Reynard the Fox."
Notes (date):
Date from item.
This date is inferred.
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):
Bound in a single folio, "Mayhew's Exhibition - 1851."
Identifier:
18_08_000049
Barcode:
36666000163416