2016.321: Frontispiece [left]; Title Page [right]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.321

People

George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)
Published by W. Kent & Co., British
Author: Robert Blakey PhD., British

Title

Frontispiece [left]; Title Page [right]

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Old Faces in New Masks

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1859

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/356952

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 17.8 × 24.5 cm (7 × 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: title page, in plate: OLD FACES / IN / NEW MASKS / BY ROBERT BLAKEY PhD. / Author of "A History of the Philosophy of the Mind" / LONDON. / W Kent & Co (late D, Bogue) 86 Fleet Strt / 1859 / GeoC--
• inscription: below frontispiece, in plate: Designed & Etched on Copper by George Cruikshank. and faced with Steel by / F. Joubert's Acierage proceƒs
• inscription: verso, on backing, lower center, graphite: [illegibel text] 3/1 1859

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 2630, Reid 2631, Cohn 75

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.321

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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