A Block for the Wigs - or, The New State Whirligig
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 3/4in. (21.9 x 32.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper left: "Poor John Bull's House plunder'd at Noon Day"; lettered inside image, center left: "'Tis Liberty! Tis Liberty | Dear Liberty alone'"; center: "'Dam'd rough Sai- | -ling this I shall never | be able to keep my Seat | till the 27th July'"; lower right: "Pubd May 5th, 1783. by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand"; lettered below image: "A Black for the Wigs or, the new State Whirlgig."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection