- Additional Authors
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Description
- 1 print : etching, b&w, hand col.; 24 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- Depicts a tavern scene at Greenwich with two sailors, one with a wooden leg, and a soldier with an artificial hand. Two pipes are on the table.
- Alternative Title
- Lobster & crab
- Lobster and crab
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Etchings – Great Britain – 19th century.
- Humorous pictures – Great Britain – 19th century.
- Note
- "Engraved from a drawing by my father Isaac Cruikshank"--Inscription on col. state, signed G.Ck.
- For attribution to Isaac Cruikshank, cf. also Krumbhaar; attributed to George Cruikshank in: Cohn, A.M. Cruikshank, 1062.
- Numbered in lower left corner "438"; from Laurie & Whittle's series "A droll." Cf. Krumbhaar.
- Includes 48 engraved lines of humorous verse, beginning "Dick Dock a tar at Greenwich moor'd."
- Indexed In (note)
- Krumbhaar, E.B. Isaac Cruikshank
- Call Number
- Arents 01-451
- OCLC
- NYPG01-F240
- Author
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811. Artist
- Title
Dick Dock, or, The lobster & crab [graphic].
- Imprint
London : Laurie & Whittle, Aug. 16, 1806.
- Indexed In:
Krumbhaar, E.B. Isaac Cruikshank, 262
- Local Note
Arents Collection has print in 2 states, hand col. and uncolored.
Each state tipped onto a sheet 27 x 33 cm. Sheets are mounted on hinges and bound with 18 blank leaves in half blue morocco, gilt, and blue cloth (28 x 35 cm.).
Provenance: Samuel Henry Austin; Reuben Jay Flick (bookplates).
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Austin, Samuel Henry Provenance.
Flick, Reuben Jay Provenance.
- Added Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Attributed name
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Signer
Austin, Samuel Henry. Former owner
Flick, Reuben Jay. Former owner
- Research Call Number
Arents 01-451