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The guardian angel

The guardian angel
 published 1805
plate 1 from London und Paris, vol. 15, published by F. J. Bertuch, Weimar, 1805

Medium
etching, engraving and aquatint with later hand-colouring
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching, engraving and aquatint with later hand-colouring
Measurements
34.9 × 25.2 cm (image) 37.7 × 26.7 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark) 49.7 × 39.2 cm (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Weimar, Germany
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10389A; Wright & Evans 533 (copy)
Printing/Publishing
published by F. J. Bertuch, Weimar
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: J.s (s in supercript above . ) Gillray inv. 1805.
printed in ink l.c.l.: The GUARDIAN-ANGEL,
printed in ink l.c.r.: _ the hint taken from the Rev.d (d in superscript above . ) M.r (r in superscript above . ) Peter’s sublime Idea, of / “an Angel conducting the Soul of a Child to Heaven.”
printed in ink u.r.: N-o (o in superscript above - ) I
printed in ink (in image) (on altar) u.r.: La Sainte Vierge
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) u.r.: Indulgences / Absolutions / Luxuries / Absolutions / Diſsipations
printed in ink (in image) (on book) c.: Brighton / Breviary
printed in ink (in image) (on bag) c.: Play=Things
Accession Number
1269-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
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
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) ascension caricatures cartoons (humorous images) heaven satire (artistic device) women (female humans)
Movements
Georgian

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