Details
4CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT. "The Exciseman Outwitted." Handcolored engraved song-head caricature above 5 stanzas of verse in 2 columns. [London:] Printed and Sold by R. Harrild, nd. Plate measures 133 x 162 mm. (5 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.), sheet measures 245 x 170 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.), some soiling and spotting, mounted on larger sheet; cloth folder. Signed in pencil ("Robt. Cruikshank") below plate. Early owner's note on mount reads: "Scarce. Being one of the earliest of Robert Cruikshank's works."
Provenance
J. Barton Townsend, bookplate; Joel Spitz Collection, bookplate (both on folder).