Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Butchers of Freedom, 1788
- Title:
- The Butchers of Freedom
- Date:
- 1788
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/8 x 13 3/8in. (23.2 x 34cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "James Str[eet] | Townsend and Liberty"; upper right: "The King's Head | Martin."; lower center: "Royal Navy"; lettered below image, lower left: "Pub.d July th 1788. by H. Humphrey New Bond St"; lower center: "The BUTCHERS of FREEDOM."; lower right: "Price 1. s"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1085
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42428
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