A haggard old woman carelessly mixing a recipe for corns on the fire in her sordid bedroom. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.
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Description
As well as being cluttered with potions the room contains an assortment of squabbling pets; on the wall hangs a painting depicting the attempted seduction of Susanna by the elders
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 35.5 x 24.8 cm
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Lettering
Recipe for corns. ... G. Cruikshank fect.
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Places
- [London] (26 Haymarket)
Agents
- Thos. McLean
Dates
- 1 August 1835
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Credit
A haggard old woman carelessly mixing a recipe for corns on the fire in her sordid bedroom. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
