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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.157
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
The Horses, Going to the Dogs
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketches and Scraps, plate 2
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
November 1, 1829
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333545

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 25.3 × 33.7 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
plate: 27.8 × 37.7 cm (10 15/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 41.5 cm (12 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: The Horses, "going to the Dogs" - / Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank - Novemver 1st 1829 -
  • inscription: upper left, in plate: soho ! soho ! / A Fiery Steed -
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: "Phoenomenon" -
  • inscription: center, in plate: A Coach without Horses !!! - nonsense - come, come. Master Dobbin you are "Trotting" / but you must not think to hum me because I'm blind! / Well, dash my Wig, if that is 'nt the rummest go I ever saw - / I say wagtail ! / waht do you think of this / new invention ? - / why, I think we shall have / meat cheap enough - !! -
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: The Four Elements -
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Faith. Hope. & Charity -
  • inscription: lower left, blue ink: 8 [?]

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 1466; 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
2009.157
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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