Top left, gamebirds watching in safety while hunters and poachers shoot each other; top right, a graveyard for colonial institutions in Africa; bottom left, spoonbills (birds) made of teapots and spoons; bottom centre, two men talking about a hen and some ducklings; bottom right, a weather vane in the form of a man holding a gun. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1831.

  • George Cruikshank
Date:
Feb.y 1831
Reference:
578913i
Part of:
Scraps and sketches depicting scenes of British life. Etchings by G. Cruikshank after himself, ca. 1828.
  • Pictures
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view Top left, gamebirds watching in safety while hunters and poachers shoot each other; top right, a graveyard for colonial institutions in Africa; bottom left, spoonbills (birds) made of teapots and spoons; bottom centre, two men talking about a hen and some ducklings; bottom right, a weather vane in the form of a man holding a gun. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1831.
View

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Top left, gamebirds watching in safety while hunters and poachers shoot each other; top right, a graveyard for colonial institutions in Africa; bottom left, spoonbills (birds) made of teapots and spoons; bottom centre, two men talking about a hen and some ducklings; bottom right, a weather vane in the form of a man holding a gun. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1831. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

"Preservation": a note by Cruikshank on the corresponding drawing (British Museum) says "... Preserve!!! NB not intended as a joke 'Pheasants—Peasants'", i.e. the composition is not a joke about confusing peasants with pheasants

"An African settlement": epitaphs on the tombstones say "The hospital", "Orphan asylum", "Rectory", "The castle", "National school", "The barracks"

"Botheration": the British Museum catalogue (loc. cit.) identifies the man on the left as an Irishman and the man on the left as an Englishman

Publication/Creation

[London] : Geo. Cruikshank, Feb.y 1831.

Physical description

1 print (album page 16) : etching ; image 20 x 28 cm

Series

Contributors

Lettering

Preservation ; An African settlement ; Spoon-bill ; Botheration ; A vane man. Designed etched & published by George Cruikshank Feb.y 1831

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. xi, London 1954, no. 16855

Reference

Wellcome Collection 578913i

Language note

English

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Permanent link