2009.152: Johnny Cockaigne Showing "Cousin Tummas" a "Lions" Den

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.152

People

George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)

Title

Johnny Cockaigne Showing "Cousin Tummas" a "Lions" Den

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 4

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

May 20, 1828

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/333540

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

chine collé: 24.4 × 31.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
plate: 27.6 × 37.3 cm (10 7/8 × 14 11/16 in.)
sheet: 32.6 × 41.4 cm (12 13/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: center, in plate: Johnny Cockainge showing "Cousin Tummas" a Lions" den - / "That's one of London " Hells" coz! " - / "No sure! why what a nice looking place !! / Well; no wonder so may people do go to the / Devil if he a'gotten such Foine Housen!! -
• inscription: upper left, in plate: "Legs" famous for "cutting" / & "shuffling" -
• inscription: upper center, in plate: "I could a tale unfold"
• inscription: upper right, in plate: any thing but Fair play!
• inscription: lower left, in plate: The Abode of Genius - / To call this a tender Chuck / steak ! & charge me two / pence half penny for it !! -- the / hard hearted villain ! - I've a / great mind to go & churck it in / - his - face ! - Aye! - its a / fine thing, to be / a Genius !! / "My lodging is on the cold ground, / And very hard is my fare;" -
• inscription: lower center, in plate: Designed Etched & Published by Geo. Cruikshank - May 20th - 1828
• inscription: loewr right, in plate: "House of Industry " - / If you get paid for them shoes shall us have a bit / of meat on Sunday? - / why..I don't know what ot say to that - / you know we had meat last Sunday! / - we must not be extravagant! / "A cobler [sic] there was & he lived in a Stall / which served him for Parlour & Kitchen & hall" ! -
• inscription: lower left, blue ink: 4

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 1460; 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

2009.152

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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