Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British, Waiting Room at the Admiralty--.(No misnomer) - Plate 6, 1820
- Title:
- Waiting Room at the Admiralty--.(No misnomer) - Plate 6
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm), Plate: 8 7/16 x 11 7/16 inches (21.5 x 29 cm), Image: 6 5/8 x 10 inches (16.8 x 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, upper right: "58"; on back, lower right: "55551/8"
Lettered, upper center: " *Waiting room at the Admiralty __. (*No misnomer)"; upper right: "P.6."; center right: "In sore affliction, tried by God's comand | Of patience, Job, the great example stands | But in these days, a trial more severe | Had been Job's lot, if God had sent him here."; lower left: "(picture of an anchor) _ G Cruikshank Sculp.t"; lower center: "Tis the curse of service that preferment goes by favor & affection' Othello__"; lower right: "Pub/d by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St London 1820"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11330
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- admiral | boys | chairs | coats | genre subject | men | old | people | reading | room | rug | satire | sitting | standing | suits | top hats | uniforms | waiting room | window | yawning
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50076
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.