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Bruin in his boat or The manager in distress

Bruin in his boat or The manager in distress
 1806

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
28.7 × 37.8 cm (image) 30.7 × 38.6 cm (plate) 31.4 × 43.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10576; Wright & Evans 320
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Js (s in superscript) Gillray fect (t in superscript)
printed in ink l.r.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) June 20.th (th in superscript above . ) 1806 by H.Humphrey / 27 S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street.
printed in ink l.l.-l.c.: Bruin in his Boat,_or _The Manager in Distreſs.
printed in ink l.c.r.: “So. shall my little Bark attendant sail.” / “Pursue the Triumph and partake the Gale!”_
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: PITT
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (text on scales, shield, canons, rock, boats and other objects)
Accession Number
2419-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display