Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British, Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5, 1820

Creator:

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
after Capt. Frederick Marryat, 1792–1848
Published by George Humphrey, ca. 1773–ca. 1831

Title:

Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5

Part Of:

Collective Title: The Progress of a Midshipman Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead in Seven Plates & Frontispiece

Date:

1820

Medium:

Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm), Plate: 8 7/16 x 11 7/16 inches (21.5 x 29 cm), Image: 6 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches (17.3 x 24.7 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on front, upper right: "57."; on back, lower right: "55551/8"

Lettered, upper center: "Mr. B _ 'Seeking the Bubble reputation. ____"; upper right: "P.5."; lower left: "(picture of an anchor) _ G Cruikshank sculpt."; lower center, two columns of text, column one:"the pulses maddening play | That thrills the wanderer of the trackless way | That for it self can woo the approaching fight", column two: "And turn what some deem danger to delight | No dread of death, if with us die our foes | Save that it seems een duller than repose. _ Byron _ "; lower right: "Pub.d by G Humphrey 27 St James's St. London 1820"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.11329

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50075

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