Terms and conditions of use
Metallic tractors
1801
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
20.8 × 27.2 cm (image) 24.6 × 31.6 cm (image and text) 25.0 × 35.2 cm (plate) 30.4 × 40.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9757; Wright & Evans 506
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray, inv.t (t in superscript above . ) & fec.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.r.: London Publiſh’d Nov.r (r in superscript above . ) 11. 1801. by H. Humphrey. 27.S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street.
printed in ink l.c.: METALLIC-TRACTORS .
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: (text on newspaper)
Accession Number
1573.19-4
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
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) deceit medicine (discipline) pain (sensation) patients physicians satire (artistic device) treating (health care function)
Movements
Georgian