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1. Judge Thumb, or, Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 November 1782]
- Call Number:
- 782.11.27.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful!
- 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 on wove paper : etching ; sheet 34 x 25 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Buller, Francis, 1746-1800
- Subject (Topic):
- Wife abuse and Judges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Judge Thumb, or, Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful! [graphic].
