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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.155
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
A Gentleman's Rest Broken in Consequence of Going to Bed with his Leg On
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 1
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
May 20, 1828
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333543

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 24.6 × 31.6 cm (9 11/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
plate: 27.5 × 37.6 cm (10 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.7 × 41.7 cm (12 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, in plate: The Advantage of a Wooden leg, upon a Pinch
  • inscription: upper center, in plate: Living on wooden legs -
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: The Advantage of putting the best leg foremost!
  • inscription: center, in plate: Hollo! / Hollo!! / avast heaving / there!! - / what the / deuce are you / pulling my leg / for? " / O Dear! sir - / I beg your pardon / but I took it for the / handle of the / warming pan. / A Gentlemans rest broken in consequence of going to bed with / his leg on -
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: "Polly put a Kittle [sic] on, Pull put a Kittle on / Polly put a Kittle on all had tea!" / "Sind Old, Rose & burn the Bellows" -
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: - A Jury Mast - / Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank - May 20th 1828
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: A Trifling Accident -
  • inscription: lower left, blue ink: 1
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 729
  • inscription: verso, lower right, red pencil: 7x

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 1457; 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
2009.155
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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