[Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Contributor
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1807]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his feet lie a set of bellows. On the wall is a framed picture of Venus and Adonis with Cupid
- Description
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Title from published print based on this drawing.
Signed "George Cruikshank" lower right. The British Museum catalogue attributes the design to George's father Isaac in its description of the print engraved after this drawing. Cohn similarly suggests that this design "was probably the work chiefly of Isaac".
A drawing for the illustrated songsheet "Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfotunate [sic] Miss Baily", published by Laurie & Whittle in 1807, which tells the tale of a servant Darby Daly who discovers the young Miss Baily hanging, and after reviving her with bellows, forces her seducer to marry her.
Backed with Japanese tissue; with the title "The outraged husband" printed on mount.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10938.
Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonneĢ, 1144. - Provenance
- Sold as part of the Eldridge R. Johnson Collection at Parke-Bernet Galleries, 3/4 April 1946, lot 113, item 7; later sold by the fine art dealers Appleby Bros. Ltd. Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library from Jarndyce, March 2019.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 16.6 x 23 cm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawings C889 no. 7 Box D115
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Watercolors British 19th century - Material
- pen and ink, ink wash, and watercolor ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Adonis
Cupid
Venus
Beating
Bellows
Bedrooms
Couples
Canopy beds
Military officers
British
Paintings
Seduction
Servants - Subjects
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Adonis (Roman deity)
Cupid (Roman deity)
Venus (Roman deity)
Beating
Bellows
Bedrooms
Couples
Canopy beds
Military officers > British
Paintings
Seduction
Servants
British > 19th century
Johnson, Eldridge Reeves, 1867-1945 > 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.
- Citation
- George Cruikshank, Galvanism, or, The Miraculous Recovery of the Unfotunate [sic] Miss Baily. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 14010159
- Object ID (OID)
- 16720931
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