George Cruikshank - Ax my eye - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows a man, with a donkey carrying baskets of produce, tickling a women (who is offering him a drink) under her chin. The man is jauntily dressed in knee britches and a striped vest. The woman wears a frilly bonnet and a flowered dress with large puffed sleeves. They stand in front of a shop with bottles in the window, with signs reading "RUMMY," "Dealer in," and "[?]LAIRUP." The phrase in the caption, "Ax my eye," may derive from an English ballad. George Cruikshank was a caricaturist and illustrator who is today best known for his illustrations for Oliver Twist and other works by Charles Dickens.

Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).

Unprocessed in WOOD/Cruikshank.104

No date in inventory/ww. Dated on basis of fashions shown in the picture. Attribution from the collector.

Sources: Spartacus. schoolnet.co.uk [online] under Cruikshank; Victoriana.com, Antique women's fashions 1825-1840 ljr

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