Harvard Art Museums > 2009.151: Ignorance is Bliss Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ignorance is Bliss (George Cruikshank) , 2009.151,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/333539. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.151 People George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England) Title Ignorance is Bliss Other Titles Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 3 Classification Prints Work Type print Date May 20, 1828 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/333539 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching on chine collé Technique Etching Dimensions chine collé: 24.3 × 31.5 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.) plate: 27.6 × 37.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 32.5 × 41.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower center, in plate: all a blowing! all a growing / (designed etched & Published by Geo.r Cruikshank May 20th 1828 - ) inscription: lower left, in plate: A jolly companion - inscription: lower right, in plate: Tooth! Powder - inscription: center, in plate: What is Taxes Thomas?!! / I'm sure I don't Know! / - "Ignorance is bliƒs" - inscription: upper left, in plate: why I say Jim / arn't you a / gooing [sic] out with / Jack & the Green?!! / No, Master says as / how, it's werry low - / year all a going to / dine with the masters & / miƒsus's at Vite Condic / House. / Gentility! - inscription: upper center, in plate: Broldignag Bonnet - inscription: upper left, in plate: Hallo! Jack / ware [sic] / are you a going to? / oh! why I'm / a going to a cosart [sic] / at the Argyle Rooms! / "Now that, I heard" - inscription: loewr left, blue ink: 3 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 1459; 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 2009.151 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
