Practical Joke

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Artist

Name:: Cruikshank, George
Dates:: 1792-1878
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: Bentley's miscellany, vol. 3
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: London: Richard Bentley, 1838

Description:

At a reception during the French First Empire, a short man is seated on a bracket on the wall by an officer in uniform, much to the amusement of those present.

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