James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Castle in the Moon. A New Adventure, Not Mentioned By Cerventes, 1782
- Title:
- The Castle in the Moon. A New Adventure, Not Mentioned By Cerventes
- Date:
- 1782
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 7/8in. (23.2 x 32.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "'Starve them out, O Lord! O Lord! we're like to | be starv'd Ourselves first! ther's not a mouthfull | left in the Wallet, & I'm grown as thin as a Shotten Herring'"; upper center: "'Sancho! we'll sit down before the Castle & starve them out; Sancho'"; upper right: "'Sa Sa Ah-ha! dere I was have dem! & dere! Ah-ha!'"; "Gibraltar."; lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd. Augt 22d, 1782. by H. Humphrey No 51 New Bond Street."; lower center: "The Castle in the Moon. A new Adventure, not mentioned by Cerventes."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1068
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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