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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.170
People
George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Title
Tails!
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
September 1, 1832
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333558

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on chine collé
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
chine collé: 26.1 × 35.9 cm (10 1/4 × 14 1/8 in.)
plate: 27.6 × 37.9 cm (10 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
sheet: 31.9 × 42 cm (12 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 737
  • inscription: lower left, blue pencil : 23 [partially erased]
  • inscription: in plate, under lower right image: A Dreadful Tail !
  • inscription: in plate, under right center image: Curtailing -
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Red tails - / to wit. John Doe & Richard Roe
  • inscription: in plate, under center image: The Queue
  • inscription: in plate, over upper center image: TAILS!
  • inscription: in plate, under lower left: A Tail of Terror!
  • inscription: in plate, under left center image: Tenant intail
  • inscription: in plate, under upper left image: Poor Pride - A Pitiful tail / "O what a falling off was there!"
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: Pl. 5.
  • inscription: l.m. in plate: D -- / Designed Etched & Pub.d by Geo.r Cruikhank - Septr 1 1832

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 1572; 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
2009.170
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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