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Wide Awake

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 November 1, 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

Wide Awake

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1806

Medium

Hand-colored etching on paper

Dimensions

Image: 24 × 20.2 cm (9 1/2 × 8 in.); Plate: 25 × 20.9 cm (9 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 23.7 cm (10 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1928.1505

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