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The Demon of 1845 (or Premium, Par, Discount) from George Cruikshank's Table Book, number 5

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Title: The Demon of 1845 (or Premium, Par, Discount) from George Cruikshank's Table Book, number 5
Creator: George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; [Bradbury and Evans, London], publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1845
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: Etching for the May issue of "George Cruikshank's Table Book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation. See also the related drawing (1989.21.1658).
Cruikshank planned his "Table Book" as a monthly periodical suitable for reading by the Victorian family. The single volume in twelve parts subsequently published (and in the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection) feature several illustrations by Cruikshank and text by authors such as William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Kenealy, and editor Gilbert Abbott a Beckett.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4989; Douglas 228; Cohn 191
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "George Cruikshank" at l.l.
Type: image
Format: Serial Etching
Form/Genre: Serial
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6779p0tf
1989.21.1981E
Subject: Caricatures; railroads; anthropomorphic; boilers (HVAC components)

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