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A Phantasmagoria - Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton

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

Date:

published January 5, 1803

Artist:

James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)
published by James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 220

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Gillray

Title

A Phantasmagoria - Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

Date

Published 1803

Medium

Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper

Dimensions

Image: 33.5 × 24.5 cm (13 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 35 × 25 cm (13 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.3 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1928.726

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