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Royal Condescension by George Cruikshank — VisualArtsDB

Royal Condescension

Royal Condescension

George Cruikshank

1817

Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.3 × 38.9 cm (10 3/8 × 15 3/8 in.); Plate: 27 × 39.7 cm (10 11/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 40 cm (10 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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