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Print made by unknown artist eighteenth century
Published by William Holland, 1757–1815
Title:
Good News from Madras
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 26 1/4 inches (37.5 × 66.7 cm), Image: 12 7/8 × 25 3/4 inches (32.7 × 65.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered inside image, lower right: "Chart of | India | and | Deccan"; lower left: "The Patriot's eye in a fine phrensy rolling, | Doth glance from Heaven to Hell from Hell to Heaven! | And as imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown, | The Patriot's pen turns them to shapes, and gives | To airy nothing a local habitation and a name."; lower right: "The Patriot's eye in a fine phrensy rolling, | Doth glance from Heaven to Hell, from Hell to Heaven! | And as imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown | The Patriot's pen turns them to shapes, and gives | To airy nothing a local habitation and a name."; below image, lower center: "London Pub:d Dec:r 1791 by W Holland No. 50, Oxford St."; lower left: "GOOD NEWS FROM MADRAS. | Lord Cornwalles defeated, Tippoo Sultan Triumphant, and the | British Oppressors extirpated from India."; lower right: "GOOD NEWS FROM MADRAS. | Britannia triumphant; Tyranny punished; and the peaceable possession | of India secured to Great Britain for ever!"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1659
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
caricature
Associated Places:
Chennai | India | Tamil Nadu
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42472
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