Going off in a hurry! but not making a noise in the World...

Artist Isaac Robert Cruikshank English, 1789 - 1856

Dateearly 19th Century

MediumEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 6 7/16 x 9 7/8 in. (16.4 x 25.1 cm)
Matboard: 12 1/2 x 14 in. (31.8 x 35.6 cm)
Exhibition Frame Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (33.7 x 37.5 x 4.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Patricia Bixby Hoopes

Object number2009.5.4

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Works on Paper

SignedSigned in the plate, LR: "Drawn & Engraved by Robert Cruikshank"

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DescriptionThree men duck hunting. Two in the foreground. On the right. Bob, is falling and his rifle firing accidentally just missing the resident of the nearby cottage who is looking angrily out the upper floor window (Old Thatchpate). The hunter behind him is Jerry and "The Fat Knight" in the center ground smiling and waving his hat.

Legend/title engraved along the lower border of the image: Going off in a hurry! but not making a noise in the World. Logic's slippery state of Affairs! A Random Hit "Milling the Glare" & the Upper Works of Old Thatchpate not insured! Jerry too late to prevent his friend Bob being in for it! and the Fat Knight enjoying the Scene and laughing like Fun at Logic's disaster.Exhibition History"Worth A Thousand Words: The Art of Illustration from The Hyde Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, October 28, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012.

“Prosperity and Exclusion,” The Hyde Collection, Hoopes and Whitney-Renz Galleries, May 31 – Sept. 21, 2025ProvenanceWilliam K. Bixby; Patricia B. Hoopes, Bolton Landing, NY; gift to The Hyde Collection, 2009.