Title:
A Wapping Landlady
Creator/Contributor:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Date:
1832
Identifier:
1989.21.1656
Format:
Drawing
Pen and ink, watercolor, and graphite
Notes:
Vogler relates this drawing to the small vignette, "A Wapping Sweetheart," in number 6 of Cruikshank's self-published serial,
"My Sketch Book" (1989.21.2272F).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "A Wapping Landlady / Geo Cruikshank / Sept 3 1832" at c. of lower edge; "Why bless me Nan--you
growed out of / all compass! / Yes they tells me that I grows Stout Thomas!" at c. of upper edge
Subject:
innkeepers; landlords; embracing