Terms and conditions of use
A new court of Queen's bench
1849; published 1850
plate 1 from The Comic Almanack for 1850, published by David Bogue, London
Medium
etching
Measurements
16.7 × 41.1 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 184; Reid 2450
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Designed & Etched by / Geo.e (e in superscript above . ) Cruikshank_ / Hyth 1849-
printed in ink l.r.: Published Jan_y (y in superscript above _ ) 1st (st in superscript) 1850 / by D Bogue 86 Fleet St (t in superscript)
printed in ink u.c.: —A NEW COURT OF QUEENS BENCH. —
printed in ink l.c.l.-l.c.r.: AS IT OUGHT TO BE_ OR _ THE LADIES TRYING A CONTEMPTIBLE SCOUNDREL for a “BREACH of PROMISE”
printed in ink u.l.-l.r.: (text on building signage, newspapers and books)
Accession Number
4294.17-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
barristers cartoons (humorous images) courtrooms judges juries (organisations) justice (philosophical concept) trials women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian