Title:
Plucking a Goose!!!
Creator/Contributor:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; John Fairburn, London, publisher
Date:
1825
Identifier:
1989.21.1491
Format:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Notes:
This caricatural print and its related drawing (1989.21.1611) refer to damages for breach of promise of marriage sought by
the actress, Maria Foote (1797?-1867), against a wealthy young man, Joseph Hayne.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5121; Douglas 1035; Cohn 1854; British Museum 14856
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Pub. by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill Jan'y 1st 1825" at l.l.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in
black ink at l.r.
Subject:
caricatures; wealth; actors; marriage; geese