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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Search-Night;- or - State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators - Vide, State Arrests, 1798
- Title:
- Search-Night;- or - State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators - Vide, State Arrests
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8in. (24.4 x 35.2cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Buonapark | Robertspier | Vive l'egalite"; center: "Bedford Dog kennel | Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society | Plan of Invasion | O'Conner"; center right: "Vive la Guillotine"; lower left: "The Press Bloody News from Irelend Bloody News..."; lower right: "Pub'd March 20th 1978 by H. Humphrey No.27 St. James Street"; lettered below image: "SEARCH-NIGHT; or State-Watchmen, mistaking Honest Men for Conspirators. Vide, State Arrests"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.882
- 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:43672
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