Scene in Kensington Gardens - or - Fashions and Frights of 1829

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.160
People: George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title: Scene in Kensington Gardens - or - Fashions and Frights of 1829
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: November 1, 1829
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/333548

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

chine collé: 25 × 34.6 cm (9 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
plate: 28 × 38 cm (11 × 14 15/16 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 42.2 cm (12 3/4 × 16 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, under image: A Scene in Kensington Gardens - or - Fashions and Frights of 1829 - / Designed Etched & Publis.d by G. Cruikshank Nov.r 1st 1829
inscription: lower left, blue pencil: 11
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 725

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 1469; Cohn 180; (Douglas 1862)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. and Elizabeth S. Neumann
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.160
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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