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Artist
- Name:
- Cruikshank, George
- Dates:
- 1792-1878
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Etching
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
- Observations:
- Bottom left, half-hidden in the crosshatching is the inscription "The subject furnished by Mr. Bentley"
Book
- Title:
- Bentley's miscellany, vol. 11
- Author(s):
- Collective work, Ingoldsby, Thomas (Richard Harris Barham)
- Publisher:
- London: Bentley, Richard, 1842
Description
Two men have stopped to look, half-intrigued, half-frightened, at the ghost of a drummer in uniform standing by a fingerpost showing the directions “Layington” and “Devizes.”
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, dead drummer, eerie, frightened, ghost, military, supernatural, The Ingoldsby legends, Victorian