Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings — George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

1868

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 25.7 x 17.3 cm (10 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Collection no.
1989.28.8
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings — George Cruikshank. 1868.

Medium: etching in black on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 25.7 x 17.3 cm (10 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1989.28.8. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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