An Extraordinary Movement in China or an alteration in "The willow pattern" - at last!.
Primary Artist
George Cruikshank (1792–1878)
Title
An Extraordinary Movement in China or an alteration in "The willow pattern" - at last!.
Date made
1853Reference
Cohn (1924), 184
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one steel plate; subsequently hand-coloured
Text printed from matrix
Printed text above image, 'An Extraordinary Movement in China or an alteration in' Printed below image, '"The willow pattern" - at last!!' Printed lower right below image, 'Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank'
Matrix size
9.9 x 15.9 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature
Subject description
Caricature of a multitude of Chinese people (many with ceramic teapots as heads' travelling from China to the gold fields of California and Australia.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
42246
Creators
Cruikshank, George. | (1792–1878) English | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 86.611
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression with later hand-colouring
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National Gallery of Australia | 86.611
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression with later hand-colouring
view detailed information