2009.169: The Fiends of Frying Pan or Annual Festival or Tom Foolery & Vice

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.169

People

George Cruikshank, British (London, England 1792 - 1878 London, England)

Title

The Fiends of Frying Pan or Annual Festival or Tom Foolery & Vice

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Scraps and Sketches, plate 3

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

September 1, 1832

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/333557

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

chine collé: 25.8 × 35.9 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
plate: 27.3 × 37.7 cm (10 3/4 × 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 32.1 × 42.3 cm (12 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower right: Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Septr 1 1832
• inscription: in plate, lower center: The Fiends of Frying Pan or Annual Fesitavl of Tom Foolery & Vice, / Under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and the Worshipful Court of ALDERMEN! - In THE AGE OF INTELLECT!!
• inscription: in plate, upper left: Pl. 3
• inscription: lower left, blue pencil: 21
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 735

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 1570; 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

2009.169

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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