DETAILS
- Artist
- James Gillray
- Date
- 1799
- Medium
- etching hand-colored with watercolor
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Prints
- Culture
- England, 18th century
- Credit line
- Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
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THE ARTIST
James Gillray
James Gillray, the 'father of the political cartoon,' wielded his etching needle to satirize everyone from George III to Napoleon.
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