2009.154: The Age of Intellect

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.154

People

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

Title

The Age of Intellect

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 6

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

May 20, 1828

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/333542

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

chine collé: 24 × 32.2 cm (9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
plate: 27.6 × 37.7 cm (10 7/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.2 × 41.8 cm (12 11/16 × 16 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper left, in plate: The Grand "March of Intellect" -
• inscription: upper left, in plate: we shall all be run down & / devoured!! - there wont be a bit / of us left for succeeding ages ! - / - the dogs now a days have / got such large capacities!! / LITERATURE / ABC / "The Pursuit of Letters" -
• inscription: lower left, in plate: "write me down, an Aƒs" / one of the "Old School"
• inscription: lower right, in plate: [in sign:] CHEAP / DINING / ROOMS / Hout joints / - Daily / [in sign:] HAM & BEEF / SHOP / - Pudding - / Lane / NB - Mock Turtle / [below image:] A man of Intelligenc [sic] - / "Useful Knowledge to the people" -
• inscription: center, in plate: You see Gran'Ma before / you stick this Egg - or - more proprely / speaking, before you extract the / matter containted within this shell by / suction; you must make an incision / at the apex & a corresponding aperture / at the base. / Aye Dear! - how very / clever !! -- they only used / to make a hole at each end / in my time, - well I - / declare they are / making im = / provements. / in every / thing!! / "The Age of Intellect." / "The Tutors Assistant - " / Designed Etched & Published by Geo.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 1462; 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

2009.154

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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