Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Date:
- August 1st 1826
- Reference:
- 11845i
- Part of:
- Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
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In the centre, a man 'drawing' a cart past a dental surgery, in which a dentiste (Monsr. Curedent) can be seen 'drawing' a patient's tooth. On the first floor is a 'Drawing academy'. Next door, a public house in which a man 'draws' a cork from a wine bottle, and a barmaid 'draws' beer from a pump
Colour illustrated by a 'coloured' man (African); form illustrated perhaps by a city type familiar with 'form' (etiquette), or a horse-racing man familiar with horses' form (racing quality); space illustrated by a fat person looking out to sea; order illustrated by a stern schoolmistress keeping a class in order)
Publication/Creation
[London] : G. Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 25 x 30 cm.
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Lettering
Drawing. Colour. Form. Space. Order. Designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. X, London 1952, no. 15194
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11845i
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