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James Gillray
Bruin in his boat or The manager in distress 1806
hand-coloured etching
28.7 × 37.8 cm (image) 30.7 × 38.6 cm (plate) 31.4 × 43.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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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)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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
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