Tom Paine's Nightly Pest

James Gillray, 1792

MEDIUMEtching and aquatint

DIMENSIONSplate: 11 9/16 x 14 3/8 in. (29.4 x 36.5 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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James Gillray

James Gillray, the 'father of the political cartoon,' wielded his etching needle to satirize everyone from George III to Napoleon.