James Gillray, 1756–1815, Britishafter James Gillray, 1756–1815, BritishPublished by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 1745–1818, British
Title:
The Death of the Great Wolf
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 7/16 inches (34 × 44.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: Js Gy de et fc", below image at center, "THE DEATH of the GREAT WOLF. | ___ 'We have overcome all Opposition! __ exclaimed the Messengers, ___ 'I'm Satisfied.' ___ said the Dying Hero, & Expired in the Moment of Victory. | To Benj, West Esqr. President of the Royal Academy, this attempt to Emulate the Beauties of his unequal'd Picture, of the 'Death of Gen.l Wolfe,' is most respectfully submutted, by the Author."; lower right: "Pubd Decr 17, 1795 by H.Humphrey 37 New Bond Street."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.906
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
satire | parody | political | French | armies | messengers | historical | sea | food | blood | caricature | eyeglasses | swords | axes | boats | drinking glass | hats | historical subject | ocean | scepters | flags | troops | flotilla | wolf | natives | navy | fighting | dying | wine | History | victory | war | death
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14)The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Loyd Grossman, Benjamin West and the struggle to be modern, Merrell, London: New York, 2015, pp. 134, 165, fig. 88, NJ18.W52 G76 2015 (YCBA)Katherine McPherson, Art & Celebrity : In the Age of Reynolds & Siddons, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2017, p. 64, NJ18 R36 M37 2017 (YCBA)William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 113, pl. 71, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)