unknown artist, (Hablot K. Browne or Cruikshank?), A Fashion in 1845, ca. 1845
- Title:
- A Fashion in 1845
- Additional Title(s):
Shakespeare a Little Altered
Verso: Man with an Umbrella- Date:
- ca. 1845
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, blue card
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm), Sheet: 9 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (24.4 × 13 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "Hello! this is [...] more | I swear(?) to bed with"; lower center: "Pin for your scarf Sir - you Sir - here's an | article we're selling a j[...] many of-"; on mount, center left: "Shakespeare a little altered | "He lived not wisely but | too well""; on mount, lower center: "A Fashion in 1845 | "A Pin for your scarf, Sir? Heres an Article we have | Sold a great many of."; on mount, lower right: "Hablot K. Brown or Cruikshank? C. Denison"; on back of mount, lower right: "225"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2009.9.206
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | fashion | genre subject | humor | injury | men | merchant | nose | parody | resting | satire | selling | store | top hat | umbrella
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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