Very unpleasant weather

1820

George Cruikshank

Artist, British, 1792 - 1878

George Humphrey

Publisher, British, 1792 - 1878

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with publisher's hand coloring

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.1 × 36.2 cm (8 11/16 × 14 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 × 39.4 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.170.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cohn 1924, no. 2074


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1924

  • Cohn, Albert M. George Cruikshank; a catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877. London, 1924: no. 2074

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Cruikshank fec.; lower center in plate: Very unpleasant weather, or the old saying verified "Raining cats, dogs, & pitchforks"!!!; lower right in plate: Pubd April 27 1820 by G. Humphrey / 27 St James's Street London

Wikidata ID

Q77005340


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