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The Tree of Liberty, —with the Devil Tempting John Bull
James Gillray1798
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Tree of Liberty, —with the Devil Tempting John Bull
- Creator: James Gillray
- Date Created: 1798
- Subject Keywords: caricatures, Devil, political caricature, politics
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower center: “Js. Gy. inv. & ft.”; inscribed, lower left: date and name of publisher
- 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 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 23 May 1798 by Humphrey, 27 James’s Street
- Dimensions: 1815
- Bibliography: Wright pp. 140–141; BM Sat 8074
- Associated People: Created by James Gillray (British (English), 1757-1815)
- Accession Number: 1962.51.6
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