Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis

1793·Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper·Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

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

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Year: 1793
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 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: 1793
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
Watts ID: WW-1793-524980

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