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Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Title:
The Impeachment, - or - "The Father of the Gang, Turn'd Kings-Evidence"
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 15in. (30.5 x 38.1cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered inside image, upper left: "Behold the abettors of Revolution, see the authors of | Plots & conspiracies, & take cognizance to the enemies of both | Church and State; 'I know them all & have a while upheld, the | unyok'd humour of their Wikedness,' I have bore with them 'till the | measure of their iniquity is full; 'but now I will bare them before ye Justice | of injured humanity, I will prove unequivocally, that there exists at the | present moment, a junto of Miscreant Jacobites, who are aiming at theoverthrow of the British Constitution'| Vide Burkes Speech on the Quebec Bill" ; center left: "Ha! what's that? miscreant Jacobites! plots conspiracies! Revolution! O! Damnation! we're all found out! ah Joseph! Joseph! I fear you've brought up your Neck for a fine collar!"; center right: "O the devil! I'm quite overcome & stupified with Grief to think that the an who has been my dearest Friend, and my Chum in all infancy for Twenty five years, should now turn Snitch at last! good lack a day!"; lower left: "The IMPEACHMENT, or 'The Father of the gangs, turnd Kings Evidence' | Pubd May 1791 by S.W. Fores No3 Piccadilly"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.884
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
caricature | caricatures | debate | satire
Associated People:
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43678
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