- Creator:
- James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
- Title:
- The Legacy
- Date:
- 1786
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 5/8 x 6 1/4in. (29.5 x 15.9cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Lettered inside image, upper right: "To Hesse - Cassel"; center left: "For secret services"; center: "Sterling"; center right: "Light gold for charities"; lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd. Novr. 10th, 1786 by W. Holland No. 66 Drury Lane."; lower center: "The Legacy."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1069
- 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:42370