The Death Of Boney
Artist/Culture
George Cruikshank
(British, 1792–1878)
Date1809
Mediumgraphite with brown ink applied with pen on medium, smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions27.5 x 34.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel B. Woodward
Object number1934.245
DescriptionInscribed in pen and brown ink, "Glorious News from the Expedition!!!/Aye-Aye that theres him I knows him by his Woice./Success to the expedition, -King, Kox, and Kurtis,/for ever I says Huzza!"; "Oh! Oh!-Oh!/Curtis has laid me low!/Immortal Curtis has laid me low(struck thru)/Oh!!!/ The Death of Buonaparte(struck thru) Boney by Sir William Curtis(struck thru)Biscuit." In grph. u.r., "Sketch by Rowlandson", l.r. "8"ProvenanceDr. Samuel B. Woodward
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