James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Pizarro, Contemplating (over) The Product of His Peruvian Mine, 1799
- Title:
- Pizarro, Contemplating (over) The Product of His Peruvian Mine.
- Additional Title(s):
- Freely as I Would Plunder Peru!
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (36.2 × 26.4 cm), Image: 13 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (33.3 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Stamp, lower right in green ink
Lettered inside image: "Oracle | Puff | Morning | Chronicle | Puff | Puff | Puff | Morning | Herald | Puff | Puff | Puff | Courier | Puff Puff | Puff | Times | Puff Puff"; lettered below image: "J's Gillray inv & f't | Pub'd June 4th 1799 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street | PIZARRO, contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine. - | "Honor? Reputation? a mere Bubble! -will the praises of posterity charm my bones in the Grave? -'psha! -my present | "purpose is all! -O, Gold! Gold! for thee, I would sell my native Spain, as freely as I would plunder Peru."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.800
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Pizarro, Francisco (1478–1541), Spanish conquistador - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43392
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