2016.319: Barney Buntline and Billy Bowling; or, The Advantages of Being at Sea

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.319

People

George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Published by J. Turner, British

Title

Barney Buntline and Billy Bowling; or, The Advantages of Being at Sea

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1836

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/356950

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 25.8 × 20 cm (10 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, under image on right: George Cruikshank fect.
• inscription: in plate, below image: BARNEY BUNTLINE and BILLY BOWLING, / or / The Advantages of being at the Sea./ Written by GEORGE COLMAN, Esqr. Expressly for / Mr. HARLEY, And Sung by him with great applause at the / THEATRE. Royal Drury Lane, / and by / Mr. FITZWILLIAM, / at / Public Festivals, / Arranged with an Accompaniment for the / PIANO FORTE. / by / J. BLEWITT. / London, Published by J. TURNER, 84 Leadenhall Street.
• inscription: in plate, lower left: Ent. Stn. Hall.
• inscription: in plate, lower right: Price 1s6
• inscription: verso, on backing, graphite: 5137

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Reid 5137; Cohn 152

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.319

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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