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Maker(s):Woodward, George Moutard; Cruikshank, Isaac
Culture:British (circa 1760-1809); British (circa 1756-1811)
Title:Antiquarians Viewing Queen's Cross
Date Made:1796-12-17
Type:Print
Materials:etching with hand-coloring
Place Made:Europe; England; London
Measurements:Mount: 13 3/4 in x 10 13/16 in; 34.9 cm x 27.5 cm; Sheet: 10 1/2 in x 8 in; 26.7 cm x 20.3 cm; Image: 8 11/16 in x 6 13/16 in; 22.1 cm x 17.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2006.28
Credit Line:Gift in memory of Douglas R. Borlen (Class of 1948)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
2006-28.jpg

Description:
George, No. 8972
A view of Queen Eleanor's Cross at Northampton, the summit cut off by the upper margin. Two elderly men gape at it open-mounthed. A third (r.), more fashionably dressed and wearing top-boots, examines it superciliously through a glass. The cross is freqeuntly visited by 'some honorable F.A.S. [F.S.A].

(from George, vol. VII)

Tags:
elite; historic sites; historical figures; humor; monuments; public spaces; satire; text

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