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Making Decent; i.e. Broad-Bottomites Getting into the Grand Costume

A work made of hand-colored etching on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of hand-colored etching on cream wove paper.

Date:

published February 20, 1806

Artist:

James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)
published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Gillray

Title

Making Decent; i.e. Broad-Bottomites Getting into the Grand Costume

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1806

Medium

Hand-colored etching on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 23.1 × 34.2 cm (9 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 24.5 × 35 cm (9 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 38.8 cm (10 7/8 × 15 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1301

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