File:Judge Thumb.jpg

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"JUDGE THUMB. or -- Patent Sticks for Family Correction: Warranted Lawful!", a 1782 caricature by James Gillray.

Judge Thumb, carrying two bundles of sticks, one on his shoulder like a Roman magistrate with the fasces, says: "Who wants a cure for a nasty Wife? Here's your nice Family Amusement for Winter Evenings! Who buys here?"

Woman says: "Help! Murder, for God sake, Murder!"

Man says: "Murder, hey? it's Law, you Bitch: it's not bigger than my Thumb!"

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TITLE: Judge Thumb, or - patent sticks for family correction: warranted lawful!

CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 6123 (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-114396 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Judge Buller walking in foreground, carrying bundles of rods; in the background, a man with a rod raised over his head is about to strike a woman who is running away from him.

MEDIUM: 1 print : etching.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : pubd. by H. Humphrey, 1782 Nov. 27th.

CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.

SUBJECTS:

  • Buller, Francis, 1746-1800.
  • Family violence--England--1780-1790.

FORMAT: Cartoons British 1780-1790. Etchings British 1780-1790.

DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c14396 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c14396

CARD #: 95508959

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
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James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London Edit this at Wikidata
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