James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Blood on Thunder Fording the Red Sea, 1788
- Title:
- Blood on Thunder Fording the Red Sea
- Date:
- 1788
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/16 × 13 1/4 inches (24 × 33.6 cm), Image: 9 × 13 1/4 inches (22.8 × 33.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "JGillray"; lower right: "[...]"
Lettered, lower left: Pub March1st, 1788 by SWFlores | No3 Picadilly"; lower center: "BLOOD on THUNDER fording the RED SEA."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.963
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bleeding | blood | bodies | cape | caricature | carrying | costume | death | dying | fording | historical subject | judge | ministers | moneybags | political | politicians | robes | satire | sea | staff | whip
- Associated People:
- Thurlow, Edward, first Baron Thurlow (1731–1806), lord chancellor
Hastings, Warren (1732–1818), governor-general of Bengal - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44106
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Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Morna O'Neill, Company Culture:, British Artists and the East India Company 1770-1830: October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2003, no. 45, V 1199 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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