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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Gloria Mundi, or - The Devil Addressing the Sun, 1782
- Title:
Gloria Mundi, or - The Devil Addressing the Sun
- Date:
- 1782
- Medium:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 1/2in. (30.8 x 21.6cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center right: "To the I call, But with no friendly voice, & add thy name, Sh...ne! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell. &c &c &c"; lettered below image, lower center: "Gloria Mundi, or The Devil Addressing the Sun. | Pare. Lost. Book IV."; lower right: "Pubd. July 22d. 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1035
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41772
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