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James Gillray, 1756–1815

The English Regency

1789

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James Gillray, 1756–1815, The English Regency, 1789, Etching, hand-colored, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.1087.




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  • Accession Number

    B1981.25.1087

  • Creator

    James Gillray, 1756–1815

  • Title

    The English Regency

  • Date

    1789

  • Materials & Techniques

    Etching, hand-colored

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (32.4 x 24.1cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Lettered inside image, center left: "'You, a Regent, there! take that for your Regency you have nothing but the name.'"; center: "'This Crown sits so heavy on me that I fear it will fall and pull my Head down with it.'"; center right: "'By Gar Monsieur Anglois, now is de time to give you von kick of the Bum.'"; lettered below image, lower center: "The English Regency. | London, Publish'd Jany. 19th, 1789, by H. Humphries, New Bond Street."; lower left: "Can free bown Britons Tamely Sit, | And see the Brunswick line disgrac'd | As if to govern found unfit, | Or that the Crown had been misplac'd"; lower right: "Forbear rash Youth in time retire, | Nor further Vengance dare, | The Scene may Change while you aspire; | And doom you! The Lord knows where."

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    caricature | caricatures | satire

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42433

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