George Cruikshank
1792-1878
English Beer
4 1/16 x 3 3/8 inches (103 x 85 mm)
Pen and black ink and watercolor, on paper.
1986.2067
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published illustration.
Drawing by Cruikshank for No. LXXXVII of the Gallery of comicalities (London, n.d.); published illustration accompanied by verses entitled "Heavy wet", with the first line reading, "King William and Reform, I say, In such a case who can be neuter ?"; caricature also published by George Goodger in his The gallery of 140 comicalities, under the title "Heavy wet" (London, 1831).
Drawing by Cruikshank for No. LXXXVII of the Gallery of comicalities (London, n.d.); published illustration accompanied by verses entitled "Heavy wet", with the first line reading, "King William and Reform, I say, In such a case who can be neuter ?"; caricature also published by George Goodger in his The gallery of 140 comicalities, under the title "Heavy wet" (London, 1831).
Inscriptions/Markings
Initialed "G.CK" by the artist at lower right.
Summary
Drawing shows a man blowing the froth off a tankard of ale.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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