unknown artist, Belshazzar's Feast, With a Translation for The Country Gentleman, 1798
- Title:
- Belshazzar's Feast, With a Translation for The Country Gentleman
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (31.8 x 24.1cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettererd inside image, upper left: "e Mene, Tekel, U | I have no further occasion for your Services"; center: "'Our Sovereign - the Majesty of the People'"; center right: "'Hip, hip, hip'"; lettered below image, lower center: "Belshazzar's Feast. | with a Translation from the Country Gentlemen."; lower left: "Pubd Feby 12 1798 by SW Fores"; lower right: "Corner of Sackville St. Piccadilly"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1143
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | feast | satire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45205
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