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The freemen triumphant or The mare foal’d of her folly
(1789)
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
17.5 × 57.2 cm (image) 20.9 × 59.3 cm (plate) 23.8 × 63.2 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
Krumbhaar 394; BM Satires 7552
Printing/Publishing
published by S. W. Fores, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Londn (n in superscript) pubd (d in superscript) August 18 by S W Fores No 3 Piccadilly
printed in ink l.c.l.-l.c.r.: the FREEMEN triumphant, or the MARE foal’d of here FOLLY,
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (lines of speech, text on signs and text labelling each figure)
Accession Number
1573.30-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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