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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Meeting of - Unfortunate Citoyens. " Dismay of Two Disgraced Patriots", 1798
- Title:
- Meeting of - Unfortunate Citoyens. " Dismay of Two Disgraced Patriots"
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (25.1 x 35.2cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "Scratch'd off! dish'd! kick'd out! dam'me!!! | How! what! Kick'd out? ah! morbleu! chacun a son tour! morbleu!..."; left center: "GK Whereas... apprehension of traitors... God save ye King"; center: "Proclamation against Sedition & Treasonable Meetings | GR Where [...] for carrying secret correspondence with ye French..."; lower center: Lift of Privy Council C.J. Fox | Whig Toasts & Sentiment..."; lower right: "Pubd. May 12th, 1798 by H. Humphrey 27 St James Street"; lettered below image: "Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyens"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.883
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Associated People:
- Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
Howard, Charles (1746–1815), eleventh Duke of Norfolk, politician - Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43675
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