James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The New Speaker (i.e. The Law Chick) Between the Hawks and Buzzards - Poor Little Michee!- Just Mounting, and then Funk'd and Frighten'd Out of All His Hopes (from: Caricature, vol. 1), 1800
- Title:
The New Speaker (i.e. The Law Chick) Between the Hawks and Buzzards - Poor Little Michee!- Just Mounting, and then Funk'd and Frighten'd Out of All His Hopes (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- Date:
- 1800
- Medium:
- Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 × 9 5/8 inches (35.6 × 24.4 cm), Image: 13 × 9 1/2 inches (33 × 24.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "J's Gillray inv't & fec't | The New Speaker, (i.e.:_the Law Chick) between the Hawks & Buzzards. | poor little Michee!_just Mounting: & then Funk'd & Frighten'd out of all his Hopes | Pub'd Feb'y 15th 1800 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.787
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43361
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British Museum, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 11 volumes in 12, British Museum Publications, London, no. 9519, NE55 G7 L63 A52 1978 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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