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"My Wife is a Woman of Mind": P.229-1941

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"My Wife is a Woman of Mind"
The Scholastic Hen and her Chickens
"I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussaud's"
Steamed out or The Starving Stage-Coachman and Boys

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cruikshank, George

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941-12) by Palgrave, Francis, Rev. and Annora, Miss

Dating

Production date: AD 1847

Note

Four etchings on the same sheet

From The Comic Almanack, by Rigdum Funnidos, London, 1847, Nos 6, 2, 9, 11

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 227 mm Width 346 mm
Sheet Height 298 mm Width 440 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.229-1941
Primary reference Number: 332
Cohn: 184
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""My Wife is a Woman of Mind"" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/332 Accessed: 2024-12-19 04:14:17

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/332 |title="My Wife is a Woman of Mind" |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-19 04:14:17|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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