A Christmas Box.
S.K. inv.t. G.Ck. fec.t. [London, S. Knight?, c.1826.] Etching. At top of sheet an envelope front signed by Daniel O' Connell. Sheet 160 x 125mm (6¼ x 5"). Laid on album sheet with printed strips 'G. Cruikshank's Holiday Scenes' pasted above and below. Theatre box crammed with excited children. A playbill reads 'During the Xmas Holidays- Pantomime of Harlequin- Clown by Mr G [Joseph Grimaldi]'. A related drawing is in the V & A Museum. It was etched by George Cruikshank and originally published by S. Knight (also the artist?) in 1826. See BM Satires 15190 for one with Knight's publication line.
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