A courtroom scene with solicitors and jury snickering and laughing in response to a witty pun the judge offered following the defendent's plea for mercy. The criminal on trial in the far right is dishevled and dressed in the style of a sailor. The judge, on the far left, wears a black and gold-trimmed robe and leans intensely over the bench glaring at the accused
Description:
Title from pen and ink caption inscribed below image., Date from unverified local card catalog record., and Possibly the work of Isaac Cruikshank.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Criminals, Judges, Judicial proceedings, and Lawyers
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 from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
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
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.2 plate 24
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole length, of a stout man facing three-quarter to right., looking to left over his right. shoulder. His left hand is thrust under his buttoned coat; his right (gloved) rests on a cane. He wears a looped hat, a tightly curled wig and is plainly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bully Bramble Esqr. Justice of Peace in Wasp Town and Roast beef and port
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram. M. Darly for Mary Darly or Matthew (or Matthias) Darly the printmaker? See British Museum catalogue., and Plate numbered "24" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, April 1st, 1772, Strand
The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 44 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office, Bow Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793 and Bond, John, active 1782
Subject (Topic):
Threats, Judges, Gambling, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
An E.O. or roulette table lies broken in the street as four men attack it with mallets and other tools. Two attackers, the Bow Street magistrates Addington and Wright, are depicted with donkey's heads. Three constables are also shown, one attempting to stop the violence, the other two joining in the attack. A commentary on the enforcement of anti-gaming laws
Alternative Title:
Westminster just-asses a braying and Downfall of the E.O. table
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Text below title: NB. The jack-asses are to be indemnified for all the mischief they do, by the bulls & bears of the city.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 26th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Addington, William, Sir, -1811, Wright, Sampson, Sir, -1793, and Bond, John, active 1782
Subject (Topic):
Vandalism, Donkeys, Judges, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
