Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Evacuation Before Resignation, 1782
- Title:
- Evacuation Before Resignation
- Date:
- 1782
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (17.1 x 24.1cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "'Oh how he strains every Nerve for the Publick Good He does my business, 'tis I who should cast up the Accounts' | 'This is really for the landed Interest.'"; center: "'All for the Public Good.' | 'We must save everything'"; lower left: "Publick Reservoir"; lower center: "Pubd. May 21st, 1782. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "Evacuation Before Resignation."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1060
- 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:41882
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