A French Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark

James Gillray1795

Details

Title: A French Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark
Creator: James Gillray
Date Created: 1795
Subject Keywords: caricatures, Napoleonic era, political caricature, politics, technology, telegraph
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “J.s G.Y des et fec.”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1962
Materials & Techniques: Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published 26 January 1795 by H. Humphrey, No. 37 Bond Street, London
Dimensions: 1815
Bibliography: Wright pp. 181–182; BM Sat 8612
Associated People: Created by James Gillray (British (English), 1757-1815)
Accession Number: 1962.51.5

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