- Title:
- Britannia in Distress
- Additional Title(s):
- Britannia in Distress Under a Tott'ring Fabrick with a Cumberous Load
- Date:
- 1756
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "D3010"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Extensively lettered inside image; lettered upper center: "80,000,000 | Tottring | The State | Languid"; upper center: "America Neglected, Trade Not Protected"; lower center: Publick Credit | Trade"; extensive lettering depicted in spoken captions
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5393
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- allegory | Classical | columns | Corinthian | credit | crowd | crumbling | heavy | historical subject | holding | men | pedestals | personification | pulling | religious and mythological subject | roof | rope | trade | wealth | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14835
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