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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

Measurements
34.9 × 25.2 cm (image) 37.7 × 26.7 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark) 49.7 × 39.2 cm (backing sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

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

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