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Title: Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room
Creator: George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1818
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: The scene is a birthday celebration honoring Caroline, princess of Brunswick (later queen of England). Guests rush into the constricted space of a drawing room in the Queen's House (now Buckingham Palace), attempting to be first in line to greet Caroline.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 774; Douglas 1087; Cohn 1229; British Museum 13046
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd May 6th 1818 by G Humphrey 27 St. James's St" 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/ft8b69p1z8
1989.21.1553
Subject: Caricatures; fashion (concept); military uniforms; receptions; drawing rooms

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