James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Destruction of the French Collossus, 1798
- Title:
- Destruction of the French Collossus
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/16 x 9 7/8in. (33.5 x 25.1cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside ima ge, center left: "Fraternité"; center: "Egalité"; center right: "Religion de la Nature | Injustice | Oppression | Murder | Destruction"; lettered below image, lower left: "Js. Gillray invt. & ft."; lower center: "Destruction of the French Collosus. | 'Shall the Works of a wicked Nation remain? shall the Monuments of Opression not be destroyed? shall the | 'Lightning not blast the Image which the Destroyers have set up against the God of Heaven, & against his Laws? - Tertullian"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.991
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41698
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