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Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British, Jack Sheppard's Escape from the Cage at Willesden, 1839
- Title:
Jack Sheppard's Escape from the Cage at Willesden
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1839
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 3/16 inches (21.9 x 18.3 cm), Plate: 6 15/16 x 5 7/8 inches (17.7 x 15 cm), Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15.5 x 12 cm), Image: 4 5/8 x 3 11/16 inches (11.8 x 9.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: George Cruikshank"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.29.7
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cage | Chapter 18 - 'How Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden | correctional institution | criminals | Epoch the Second: "Thames Darrell." | escaping | gesturing | horses (animals) | illustration | Jack Sheppard (novel) | jail | literary theme | men | night | novel | pointing | police | signs | trees
- Associated People:
- Jack Sheppard
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4801
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