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William Dent, active 1784–1793, Grand and Effectual Attack in the Baltic, 1791
- Title:
Grand and Effectual Attack in the Baltic
- Date:
- 1791
- Medium:
- Etching with watercolor on laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 9/16 x 13 5/8in. (24.3 x 34.6cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Pub' by W. Dent June 23 1791 (bottom left within image above title); Title: GRAND and EFFECTUAL ATTACK in the BALTIC, Fully displaying, by a wonderful effort of Wisdom and Valour, the great advantage of a Russian Rupture, in the glorious Acquisition of Genuine Bear's Grease, in as much as Bald-rated Politicians may by manuoring, enriching and rendering Fertile their Heads, with the aforesaid Grease;...be enabled to comprehend the Blessings of Continental Alliances...Blessings incomprehensible to Common Capacities!!!(bottom of sheet, centered, within image and plate-mark)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art
- Copyright Status:
- Public domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1777
- 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:42807
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