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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.153
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Pleading at the Bar or Popular Education, a Farce, Performed Every Sessions
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
May 20, 1828
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333541

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 24.7 × 32.2 cm (9 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
plate: 27.8 × 37.8 cm (10 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 42 cm (12 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center, in plate: "Pleading at the Bar." / or - / Popular Education - / - a Farce, Performed every Seƒsions / Dramatis Personæ, Clerk, Sailor, Two Children, &c &c &c. &c &c &c / Clerk - - "Prisoners, you stand indicted with stealing one / black pudding, value one penny - are you - / Guilty, or Not Guilty - ?" / Jailor - (aside, to the children) "Say not Guilty" / Children - "Not Guilty -" / Clerk - "How will you be Tried" ? - / Jailor (prompting) - "Say by GOD & my Country" - / Children - " By GOD and my Country - " !!! / Designed Etched & Published by Geo Cruikshank. May 20th 1828 -
  • inscription: upper left, in plate: "Chamber Practice" -
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: "Trial by Jury"
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: A Gentleman, intended for the Bar -
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: "Practising at the Bar - "
  • inscription: lower left, blue ink: 5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
JB Neumann, probably before 1932, bequest; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, and Peter Neumann, his son, 1961, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2009

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Reid 1461; Cohn (1924) 180

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. and Elizabeth S. Neumann
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.153
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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