Search-Night;- or - State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators - Vide, State Arrests
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8in. (24.4 x 35.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Buonapark | Robertspier | Vive l'egalite"; center: "Bedford Dog kennel | Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society | Plan of Invasion | O'Conner"; center right: "Vive la Guillotine"; lower left: "The Press Bloody News from Irelend Bloody News..."; lower right: "Pub'd March 20th 1978 by H. Humphrey No.27 St. James Street"; lettered below image: "SEARCH-NIGHT; or State-Watchmen, mistaking Honest Men for Conspirators. Vide, State Arrests"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection