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James Gillray
Visiting the sick 1806
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
25.3 × 35.5 cm (image) 26.1 × 36.3 cm (plate) 28.3 × 38.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
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Visiting the sick
1806
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
25.3 × 35.5 cm (image) 26.1 × 36.3 cm (plate) 28.3 × 38.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10589; Wright & Evans 319
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray fect. (t. in superscript)
printed in ink l.r.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) ,July 28.th (th in superscript above . ) 1806. by H. Humphrey. 27. S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street.
printed in ink l.c.: VISITING the SICK .
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.r.: (text in speech bubbles, on newspapers and on bottle)
Accession Number
1268-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
caricatures ill (people) men (male humans) political cartoons politicians politics satire (artistic device) women (female humans)
Movements
Georgian