French Liberty and British Slavery

1792

James Gillray

Artist, British, 1757 - 1815

Hannah Humphrey

Publisher, British, c.1745 - 1818

James Gillray

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, hand-colored with watercolor by the publisher, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.4 x 35.2 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.9 x 36.2 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.45.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wright and Evans 1851, no. 94

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1851

  • Wright, Thomas and Robert H. Evans. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray; Comprising a Political and Humorous History of the Latter Part of the Reign of George the Third. London, 1851. Reprint. NY: B. Blom, 1968: no. 94

Inscriptions

in image, on left: "O Sacre Dieu! - vat blessing be de Liberte/ vive le Assemblè Nationale! - no more Tax! / no more Slavery! - all Free Citizen! ha hah! / by Gar, how ve live! - ve svim in de Milk & Honey!"; in image, on wall: Map of the French Conquests; lower center: FRENCH LIBERTY; lower center in plate: Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico- / London. Pubd. December 21, 1792, by H. Humphrey N. 18 Old Bond Street; right in image: BRITANNIA / STERLING; "Ah! this cursed Ministry! they'll ruin / us, with their damn'd Taxes! / -why, Zounds! - they're making Slaves of / us all, & Starving us to Death!"; lower right in plate: BRITISH SLAVERY; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: earliest printing and colouring / 1211 2 BEHM

Wikidata ID

Q76560921

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