Judge Thumb, or, Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful! [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Judge Thumb, or, Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful! [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful!
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [27 November 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
Judge Buller of King's Bench, is shown walking towards the right in his judicial robes, carrying two bundles of sticks, each terminating in the shape of a thumb. To the rear and on a smaller scale is a man beating his wife with one of the judge's implements. Buller was reputed to have ruled that a wife could legitimately be beaten provided the stick used by her husband was no thicker than his thumb
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Originally published with the imprint: Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Sticks: fascines -- Laws: wife-beating ruled lawful.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.6 x 27.1 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper and lower edges.
Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 1 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 49 x 31 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Annotations (Provenance) - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London - Subject (Name)
- Buller, Francis, 1746-1800
- Subject (Topic)
-
Wife abuse
Judges - Subjects
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Buller, Francis, 1746-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wife abuse > England > Early works to 1800
Judges > England > London > 18th century
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6834162
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810282