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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.167
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Odd Fish
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 1
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
September 1, 1832
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333555

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 25.6 × 35.4 cm (10 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
plate: 27.5 × 38.3 cm (10 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
sheet: 32 × 42.3 cm (12 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: "All the World & his Wife were there / Designed Etched & - Published - by George Cruikshank Sept.r 1 1832
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: Pl 1.
  • inscription: in plate, upper center: Odd Fish
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: a Scaley fellow -
  • inscription: in plate, under center left image: John Dorey Miss Anne and the / the Porter. Chovey - maid
  • inscription: in plate, under lowe left image: - Salmon leap
  • inscription: in plate, under upper center image: SWORD FISH / Fancy Fairs
  • inscription: in plate, under center image: "Gentlemann & Porter"
  • inscription: in plate, over lower center image: Fancy Ball
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Jack & the Lobster
  • inscription: in plate, under center right image: Amphibia
  • inscription: in plate, under lower right image: Frying Fish & Flying Fish
  • inscription: lower left, blue pencil: 19
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 733

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 1568; 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
2009.167
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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