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Tentand via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo

A work made of hand-colored etching on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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

Date:

published August 8, 1810

Artist:

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

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Gillray

Title

Tentand via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1810

Medium

Hand-colored etching on paper

Dimensions

Image: 32.6 × 23 cm (12 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 34.6 × 24.8 cm (13 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 27 cm (15 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ernest Byfield

Reference Number

1942.200

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