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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.166
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Preservation; An African Settlement; Spoon-bill; Botheration; A Vane Man
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
February 1, 1831
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333554

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine: 24.7 × 34.5 cm (9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.)
plate: 27.7 × 38 cm (10 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
sheet: 31.8 × 42 cm (12 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Fe.y 1 1831
  • inscription: in plate, below images: Preservation; An African Settlement; Spoon-bill; Botheration; A Vane Man

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 1527; 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
2009.166
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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