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Opening of the Budget

A work made of etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper.

Date:

published November 17, 1796

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

Opening of the Budget

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1796

Medium

Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.9 × 35.2 cm (9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 25.3 × 35.7 cm (10 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 28.9 × 39.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1928.1258

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