Bank restriction note : specimen of a bank note--not to be imitated : submitted to the consideration of the Bank directors and the inspection of the public

Parody of a bank note, with designs related to imprisonment and hangings for passers of forged paper money. Includes false signature of the hangman Jack Ketch. Cf. Patten cited above

• [1819]

• Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

1 leaf of ill. ; 13 x 21 cm

Drawn by George Cruikshank. Cf. R. Patten, George Cruikshank's life, times, and art, v. 1, p. 147 for discussion of attribution to Cruikshank

Mounted in booklet 19 x 28 cm

Originally to accompany The bank restriction barometer by William Hone

• Great Britain

• Humor

• Bank of England.

• Bank notes--Forgeries
• Paper money

• text

London, William Hone

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