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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.161
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Forte Piano, Lithography, Elbow-room, Miss Nomer, St. Swithin, "Is the Labourer worthy of his hire?", A Bustling Woman, The New Police Act, and Black Eyed Sue
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 6
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
November 1, 1829
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333549

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 26.7 × 33.9 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in.)
plate: 27.7 × 37.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.3 × 42.1 cm (12 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: The New "Police Act" !! / Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Nov 1st 1829
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Forte-Piano
  • inscription: in plate, under center left image: Miƒs Nomer -
  • inscription: in plate, under lower left image: a Bustling woman
  • inscription: in plate, under upper center image: Lithography -
  • inscription: in plate, under center image: St. Swithin. Patron Saint of / Umbrella makers
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Elbow-room
  • inscription: in plate, under center right image: - Is the Labourer, worthy of his hire?
  • inscription: in plate, under lower right image: "Black Eyed Sue" thebold smuggler / and "will watch" the look out man
  • inscription: lower left, blue pencil: 12
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 726

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 1470; 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
2009.161
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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