"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt."

1791·Etching in dark brown, with stipling and handcoloring, on cream wove paper·Image: 18 × 19.6 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 24.5 cm (8 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 25.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

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Year: 1791
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with stipling and handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 18 × 19.6 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 24.5 cm (8 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 25.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: James Gillray

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British caricaturist and printmaker (1756-1815)

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Artist: James Gillray
Year: 1791
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with stipling and handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 18 × 19.6 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 24.5 cm (8 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 25.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Watts ID: WW-1791-524983

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