Automaton police office and real offenders

Automaton police office and real offenders

Item Information

Title:
Automaton police office and real offenders
Description:
Depicting a scene from "Full Report of The Second Meeting of The Mudfog Association for The Advancement of Everything" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. Dickens indulges his periodical reader in a whimsical piece of science fiction in which robotic police officers would be objects of bullying and assault by "the young noblemen of England" who are nothing but surly juvenile delinquents bent on vandalism and anti-social conduct.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Name on Item:
George Cruikshank
Date:
September 1, 1838
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Engravings
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Robots
Police
Nobility
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mudfog papers
Extent:
1 print : engraving ; sheet 15 x 24 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c251z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : Jemima M. Lewer
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Cohn: 69
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; William Delue
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Notes (object):
Illustration from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II. This item is from the American edition, published by Jemima M. Lewer, which contains July 1838-December 1838.
Identifier:
18_08_000010
Barcode:
36666003816242