Very unpleasant weather
1820
Artist, British, 1792 - 1878
Publisher, British, 1792 - 1878

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with publisher's hand coloring
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Credit Line
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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
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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