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Thomas Rowlandson
The modern Babel or Giants crush’d by a weight of evidence 1809
hand-coloured etching
28.6 × 21.8 cm (image) 33.9 × 25.0 cm (plate) 36.4 × 26.9 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
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The modern Babel or Giants crush’d by a weight of evidence
1809
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
28.6 × 21.8 cm (image) 33.9 × 25.0 cm (plate) 36.4 × 26.9 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
George 11308; Grego II p. 157–58
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) April 11. 1809 by Tho.s (s in superscript above . ) Tegg No (o in superscript) 111 Cheapside
printed in ink l.c.: THE MODERN BABEL . / OR / GIANTS CRUSH’D BY A WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE
printed in ink (in image) (on pyramid) c.: DOCTOR O MEIRY CARTER & / Mrs (rs in superscript) FAVERY . / Mrs (rs in superscript) HOVENDONS Evidence / Home Strokes / from / DOWLER / SHY HITS FROM / SANDON AND CLAVERING / MISS TAYLORS EVIDENCE. / EVIDENCE OF M.rs (rs in superscript above . ) CLARKE.
Accession Number
1573.49-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) defendants Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany mistresses (romantic partners) people in law trials
Movements
Georgian