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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Lover's Dream, 1795
- Title:
The Lover's Dream
- Date:
- 1795
- Medium:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 x 15 5/8in. (27.9 x 39.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "D"
Lettered inside image, center: "£ 150000 P. Ann. | The Art of Getting Pretty Children"; lower left: "Port"; lettered below image, lower left: "Js. Gillray des. et fect."; lower center: "THE LOVER'S DREAM | 'A Thousand Virtues seem to lackey her, Driving far off each thing of Sin & Guilt.' | Milton"; lower right: Pubd. Jany. 24th, 1795, by H. Humphrey No. 37. New Bond Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.912
- 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:43730
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