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The guardian angel
1805
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
33.8 × 24.2 cm (image) 35.8 × 25.1 cm (plate) 39.0 × 27.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
© Caroline Williams/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10401
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Pubd (d in superscrpit) May 10th (th in superscript) 1805 by SW Fores No50 (o in superscript) Piccadily / Folios of Caracatures (sic) lent out for the Evening.
printed in ink l.c.: The GUARDIAN–ANGEL
printed in ink l.r.: The Designer is particularly / indebted to Mr (r in superscript) Peters for the Hint for this / subject –
Accession Number
1573.43-4
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)
angels (spirits) ascension caricatures cartoons (humorous images) heaven satire (artistic device) women (female humans)
Movements
Georgian