2009.150: Bonnet Building
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.150
- People
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George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
- Title
- Bonnet Building
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 2
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- May 20, 1828
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/333538
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching on chine collé
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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chine collé: 23.7 × 32.2 cm (9 5/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
plate: 27.5 × 37.5 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 32.5 × 41.9 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower left, blue ink: 2
- inscription: upper right, in plate: Section of the Bonnet carriage
- inscription: upper center, in plate: Madame L's light Bonnet van -
- inscription: upper left, in plate: Great Nash ! heed woman's proud desire / Raise Storey's gate two stories higher / - Lady Dashington's Bonnet Stops the way ! -
- inscription: lower right, in plate: Fatal effects of tight lacing & large Bonnets -
- inscription: lower left, in plate: Bow Church Belles
- inscription: center, in plate: It is excessively elegant indeed! / but dear me! I shall never be able to get into a carriage with it / O, make yourself, perfectly easy about that / Madame -- A friend of mine is building / carriages on purpose! / Bonnet Building
- inscription: lower center, in plate: - 'Buy a Bonnet - Box - ? - / (Designed Etched & Published by G.r Cruikshank - May 20th 1828 - )
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 1458; 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
- 2009.150
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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