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James Gillray
1756-1815
Judge Thumb, or, Patent sticks for family correction, warranted lawful
Published
[London] : Pubd. Novr. 27th, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, [1782]
etching with engraving & stipple engraving
image: 302 x 226 mm; plate mark: 349 x 247 mm; sheet: 326 x 227 mm
Peel 2414
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from Brtiish Museum online catalog; a reduced copy of this print was published in The caricatures of Gillray (London : John Miller, [1818]).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from Brtiish Museum online catalog; a reduced copy of this print was published in The caricatures of Gillray (London : John Miller, [1818]).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
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.
Associated names
Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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