James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, A Copper Countenance, Selling by Private Contract, The Property of a Noble Lord Out of Office Having No Further Use for It.., 1780
- Title:
- A Copper Countenance, Selling by Private Contract, The Property of a Noble Lord Out of Office Having No Further Use for It...
- Date:
- 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/4in. (19.7 x 15.9cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "This Countenance is always the same let your deeds be ever so Black."; upper right: "Its such Base Metal its only fit to make Half pence on't."; upper left: "he'll come North about you if you don't mind Mordica"; lettered below image, lower center: "A Copper Countenance, Selling by Private Contract. The property of a Noble Lord out of office, | having no further use for it..."; lower right:"Pubd. April 10th, 1789. by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1049
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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