2009.155: A Gentleman's Rest Broken in Consequence of Going to Bed with his Leg On

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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