Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Title:
The Tree of Liberty, - With The Devil Tempting John Bull (Fox)
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching in brown ink, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 7/16in. (36.5 x 26.5cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Stamped, lower center: "Ex <...>"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.895
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
caricature | caricatures | satire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Body Politic: The Evolution of Political Satire in Print (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-09-01 - 2000-11-26)
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 370, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43706