- Title:
- Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects!
- Date:
- 1808
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm), Plate: 13 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (34.9 × 24.4 cm), Image: 13 × 9 1/4 inches (33 × 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: Publish'd April 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street"; inside image: "Britannia | rules the | World | Britannia | Triumphs | Air | by | Catala- | ni | PORT | MADEIRA | Secret | Correspon | dence from | Copenha | gen | Defence | of the | Country | Nine Hours | & a half | long | Bill of | Fare | 1st Course | Loaves & Fishes | 2nd Course | Loaves & Fishes | 3rd Course | Loaves & Fishes | TREASURY"; lettered below image: "Js Gillray inv & fec't | Delicious Dreams! - Castles in the Air! - Glorious Prospects! | Vide. An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues | of an Official Dinner"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.808
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Abbot, Charles (1757–1829), first Baron Colchester, Speaker of the House of Commons (1802–1817)
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1777–1825), Russian ruler
Canning, George (1770–1827), British prime minister and parodist
Stewart, Robert, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess Londonderry (1759–1822), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Catalani, Angelica (1782–1849), Italian singer
Jenkinson, Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828), prime minister
Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer
Napoleon I (1769–1821), Emperor of the French
Perceval, Rt. Hon. Spencer (1762–1812), Prime Minister (1809–1812)
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, third Duke of Portland (1738–1809), British politician and head of Whig party (1782) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43425
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British Museum, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 11 volumes in 12, British Museum Publications, London, no. 10979, NE55 G7 L63 A52 1978 (YCBA) [YCBA]