Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Title:: The General of Patriotism, - or -The Bloomsbury Farmer, Planting Bedfordshire Wheat
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/8in. (23.5 x 34cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Lettered below image, lower center: "Js. Gy. desn. et fect."; lower center: "The GENERÆ of PATRIOTISM, or The Bloomsbury Farmer, planting Bedfordshire Wheat."; lower right: "Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1796. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.1015
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: caricature | caricatures | satire
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41724