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- Title:
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
- Date:
- 1808
- Medium:
- Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 7/16 inches (26.4 × 39.2 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 14 7/8 inches (24.3 × 37.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "54"; lower right: "GILLRAY, JAMES | THE VALLEY OF THE | SHADOW OF DEATH"
Lettered, upper left: "Dreadful Descent of Ye Roman Meteor.____"; upper center: "The Turkish New Moon, Rising in Blood.____"; upper right: "The Spirit of Charles Ye XII.___ The Imperial Eagle emerging from a Cloud."; lower center: "THe Rhenish Confederation of Starved rats, crawing out of the Mud. ___ Dutch Frogs spitting out their spite.___ American Rattle snake shaking his Tail. __ Prussian ScareCrow attempting to Fly. __ | J Gillray inv & fc. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH. __ Published Sept5 24, 1808 by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.806
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animals | Bible | birds | caricature | chains | crowns (symbols of sovereignty) | death | dogs (animals) | donkey | dying | Europe | fear | fire | frogs (animals) | hat | hell | historical subject | hourglass | humor | lightning | monsters | moon | parody | path | political | rats | riding | rivers | satire | shadow | signs | skeletons | snakes | soldiers | spear | Styx (river of Hades); 'Stige' (Ripa) | swords | valley | war
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43421
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