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A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" as performed with great success for the Benefit & amusement of John Bull Ano D 1825

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Title: A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" as performed with great success for the Benefit & amusement of John Bull Ano D 1825
Creator: George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1825
Publication Information: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Collection: Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Cruikshank credits his friend Tom Greenwood (T.G Esqr invt) with suggesting this political satire on speculative economic schemes.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1308; Douglas 1153; Cohn 1963; British Museum 14787
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "T.G Esqr invt. G Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "London Pubd July 17th 1825 by G Humphrey 24 St James's Street" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Type: image
Format: Print Etching with hand coloring
Form/Genre: Print
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0b69n6wq
1989.21.472
Subject: Caricatures; hot-air balloons; transportation; economics; fraud

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