Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

James Gillray, 1756–1815, British

Title:

French Liberty - British Slavery

Date:

1792

Materials & Techniques:

Etching, hand-colored

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered inside image, upper left: "'O', Sacre Dieu! vat blessing be de Liberte, | Vive le Assemblé Nationale! no more Tax! | no more Slavery! all Free Citizen! ha hah! | by Gar, how ve live! ve svim in de Milk & Honey!'"; upper right: "'Ah! this cursed Ministry! they'll ruin | us, with their damn'd Taxes! | why, Zounds! they're making Slaves of | us all, & Starving us to Death!'"; lower center: "Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico"; lettered below image, lower left: "FRENCH LIBERTY."; lower center: "London. Pubd December 21st, 1792. by H. Humphrey No 18 Old Bond Street"; lower right: "BRITISH SLAVERY."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1981.25.957

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

caricature | caricatures | satire

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)

Publications:

Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 370, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44087