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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, A Block for the Whigs - or, The new State Whirligig (Poor John Bulls House Plundered at Noon Day), 1783
- Title:
A Block for the Whigs - or, The new State Whirligig (Poor John Bulls House Plundered at Noon Day)
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: "Poor John Bull's House plunder'd at Noon Day"; lettered in image: "Tis Liberty, Tis Liberty | Dear Liberty Alone. | Dam'd rough sai- | ling this, I shall never | be able to keep my seat | till the 27th - July"; lettered below image: "A BLOCK for the WIGS - or, the new State Whirligig"; lettered at bottom right of image: "Pub'd May 5th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand."; lettered below image: "A BLOCK for the WIGS ___ or, the new State Whirligig."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.12.179
- 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:53874
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