The Table's Turn'd. Billy, in the Devil's Claws. - Billy, Sending the Devil Packing
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/2in. (23.5 x 34.3cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "'Ha! Traitor! there's the French landed in Wales! what d'ye think of that, Traitor?'"; upper center: '"Ha! Mr. Devil! We've beat the spanish Fleet | what d'ye think of that, Mr. Devil?'"; upper right: "Gazette | Defeat of the Spanish Fleet; by Sir John-Jarvis."; lower left: "Js. Gy. d. & f."; lower center: "Pub.d March 4th 1797 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; below image, lower left: "Billy in the Devil's claws."; lower center: "THE TABLE'S TURN'D."; lower right: "Billy sending the Devil packing."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection