Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis
James GillrayWW-1793-327657
1793·Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper·Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee
Catalogue
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- James Gillray
Artist
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James Gillray
James Gillray was an English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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- James Gillray
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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