Fashionable Movements - or the stray birds, frighten'd out of France
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Mar 1823
Materials
paper
Measurements
280 x 420 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286768.11
Summary
Print etching, 'Fashionable Movements - or the stray birds, frighten'd out of France by George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878). One of 12 caricatures, some with borders, taken from the Caricature Room, all with traces of green emulsion on the reverse. k) Hand-coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, entitled, 'Fashionable Movements - or the stray birds, frighten'd out of France.' Published March 1823 by G. Humphrey. The fleeing birds have human heads, and potent remarks are made by parties on both shores. Border of fan design, coloured orange.
Marks and inscriptions
Fashionable Movements - or the stray birds, frighten'd out of France.
Makers and roles
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), artist George Humphrey (1773?-1831), engraver and publisher