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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Tree of Liberty, - With The Devil Tempting John Bull (Fox), 1798
- Title:
- The Tree of Liberty, - With The Devil Tempting John Bull (Fox)
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching in brown ink, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 7/16in. (36.5 x 26.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Stamped, lower center: "Ex <...>"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd. May 23d, 1798. by H Humphrey. 27 St. James s Street London"; lower center: "The Tree of Liberty, with the Devil Tempting John Bull."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.895
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Associated People:
- Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
John Bull, fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism - Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43706
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The Body Politic: The Evolution of Political Satire in Print (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-09-01 - 2000-11-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 370, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA [ORBIS]
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