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Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Title:
The Tottering Pyramid
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 1/2in. (29.8 x 21.6cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered inside image, upper right: "'If his Highness Wags a Feather I'm down'"; upper left: "'It deserves an Increase of Establishment to be this Situated'"; upper center: "Ich Dien"; center left: "'Mine is not an Economical Situation'"; center right: "'I wish I was uppermost'"; lower left: "'I cannot fall much lower'"; lower right: "'Landed Interest, and yet I am neither Top nor Bottom'"; lower center: "Interest, & Ambition"; lettered below image; lower center: "The Tottering Pyramid."; lower left: "Publish'd April ye 11, 1784, by G. Humphrey Print Seller N°. 48 Long Acre London. | N°. 11"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1081
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42419
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