James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, A Warm Birth for the Old Administration -----, 1783
- Title:
- A Warm Birth for the Old Administration -----
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 1/4in. (22.2 x 33.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "Wisdom of Solomon"; upper right: "Pandæmonium"; center: "'This is Boreas; he'll make an excellent pair of Bellows Old Boy.'"; center right: "'We'er sailing in a damn'd hot Latitude'"; lettered below image, lower center: "A Warm Birth for the Old Administration. | Take the Wicked from before the King, & his Throne shall be establish'd in Righteousness."; lower right: "Pubd. April 2d. 1783. by W. Humphrey"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1044
- 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:41795
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