James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Hope, 1802
- Title:
- Hope
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 inches (25.4 × 20.6 cm), Image: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.8 × 18.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "let me see - 25 Millions | how are we Ruin'd? | 10 p'r Cent for my Money! | Income Tax taken off! | well! well! well! | a speedy Peace, & Soon, I always said, | that's your Sort! | 25 Million | Treaty Peace"; lettered below image: "J's Gillray inv. & fec't | HOPE. | Pub'd April 8th, 1802 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.813
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Dickinson, William (active 1796–1802); politician/statesman
Addington, Henry, first Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), prime minister - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43435
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British Museum, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 11 volumes in 12, British Museum Publications, London, no. 9854, NE55 G7 L63 A52 1978 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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