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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.332
People
James Gillray, British (1757 - 1815)
Published by J. Wright, British
Title
A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
September 17, 1798
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356963

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 18.3 × 25.4 cm (7 3/16 × 10 in.)
sheet: 19.4 × 26.4 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left: J.S Gillray, inv. & Fecr.
  • inscription: lower right: London. Pub.d Sept 17 1798 by J. Wright 169 Piccadilly for the Anti Jacobin Review.
  • inscription: lower center: A peep into the Cave of Jacobinism, - "Magna eft Veritas et Praevalbit."
  • inscription: from old mat: MMA has col. imp. / B.M. 9243
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 4 1/2 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 4
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: k
  • inscription: verso, middle right, graphite: No texte / and only the / [illegible text]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BM Satires 9243

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.332
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Verification Level

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