James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Tottering Pyramid, 1784
- 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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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42419
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