Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764-1811, British; Samuel William Fores, London,
publisher
Title:
The Royal Extinguisher or Gulliver Putting out the Patriots of Lilliput!!!
Date:
1795
Materials:
Etching with hand coloring
Current Location:
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Address:
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Object ID:
1989.21.791
Provenance:
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Object Type:
Print
Heading:
Notes
Notes:
Catalogue Raisonne: Krumbhaar 1025; British Museum 8701
Notes:
Inscription: Recto, in plate above design, "London Published Decem 1 1795 by SW Fores N3 Piccadilly Folios & Caricatures Lent out for the Evening" and initialed "IC" in plate near c. of lower edge
Notes:
London publishing firms competed for buyers and audiences by displaying their latest stock of caricatural prints in their shop windows. [Rand, Snuffing Out Boney] As suggested by this print's inscription, publishers lent or rented select caricatures to subscribers for an evening or weekend's entertainment. [Patten, 77]
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft067nb09 4

The Royal Extinguisher or Gulliver Putting out the Patriots of Lilliput!!!