PrintsBritish19th century

Ignorance is Bliss

May 20, 1828

Artists

George CruikshankArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on chine collé

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

chine collé: 24.3 × 31.5 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.) plate: 27.6 × 37.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 32.5 × 41.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 7/16 in.)

Provenance

JB Neumann, probably before 1932, bequest; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, and Peter Neumann, his son, 1961, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2009

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