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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.164
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Infatuation, Round Text & Small Hand, The Three Tuns, Just Room for Three Insides Sir, A Spare Rib, The Better Half
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 4
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
February 1831
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 25.9 × 34 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
plate: 27.7 × 38.2 cm (10 7/8 × 15 1/16 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 42.3 cm (12 3/4 × 16 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below images: Designed Etched & Published by - George Cruikshank Feb. 1831 -
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Infatuation -
  • inscription: in plate, under upper center image: - Round Text & Small hand -
  • inscription: in plate, under center image: "Just room for three insides sir."
  • inscription: in plate, under lower left image: a Spare rib -
  • inscription: in plate, under upper right image: "The Three Tuns"
  • inscription: in plate, under lower right image: the Better half -
  • inscription: lower left, blue pencil: 15
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 731

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 1526; 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
2009.164
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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