2009.153: Pleading at the Bar or Popular Education, a Farce, Performed Every Sessions

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.153

People

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

Title

Pleading at the Bar or Popular Education, a Farce, Performed Every Sessions

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 5

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

May 20, 1828

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/333541

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

chine collé: 24.7 × 32.2 cm (9 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
plate: 27.8 × 37.8 cm (10 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 42 cm (12 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: center, in plate: "Pleading at the Bar." / or - / Popular Education - / - a Farce, Performed every Seƒsions / Dramatis Personæ, Clerk, Sailor, Two Children, &c &c &c. &c &c &c / Clerk - - "Prisoners, you stand indicted with stealing one / black pudding, value one penny - are you - / Guilty, or Not Guilty - ?" / Jailor - (aside, to the children) "Say not Guilty" / Children - "Not Guilty -" / Clerk - "How will you be Tried" ? - / Jailor (prompting) - "Say by GOD & my Country" - / Children - " By GOD and my Country - " !!! / Designed Etched & Published by Geo Cruikshank. May 20th 1828 -
• inscription: upper left, in plate: "Chamber Practice" -
• inscription: upper right, in plate: "Trial by Jury"
• inscription: lower left, in plate: A Gentleman, intended for the Bar -
• inscription: lower right, in plate: "Practising at the Bar - "
• inscription: lower left, blue ink: 5

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 1461; 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

2009.153

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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