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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Taking Physick; - or - The News of Shooting the King of Sweden!, 1792
- Title:
Taking Physick; - or - The News of Shooting the King of Sweden!
- Date:
- 1792
- Medium:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13in. (24.8 x 33cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "TAKING PHYSICK; or The News of Shooting the King of Sweden!"; center: "'What? Shot? What? What? What? Shot! Shot! Shot!' | 'Another Monarch done over!' | News from Sweden"; lower right: "Pubd. April 11th, 1792. by H. Humphrey N.18 Old Bond Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.939
- 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:43767
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