"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!"
bibligraphic information at loc site:
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. Date: 27 November 1782.
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