Details

Subject(s)

• Books—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Caricature [Browse]
• Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818—Monk [Browse]
• Readers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
• Inscribed in plate, above: "This attempt to describe the effects of the sublime & wonderful is dedicated to M.G. Lewis Esqr. M.P.".
• Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
• Signed in plate, lower left: "Js. Gillray inv. & ft.".

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

• Grego, p. 289
• George. Hogarth to Cruikshank, plate XI.
• BM 9932

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.