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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Tree of Liberty, 1797
- Title:
- The Tree of Liberty
- Date:
- 1797
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 7/8 x 9 5/16in. (32.7 x 23.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Li- ber- tas."; upper right: "Pub.d Feby. 16th 1797 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; center: "The Tree of Liberty."; lower right: "Lectures upon the fall of the Republic by J Thelwall"; lower right: "Js. Gy. inv. & fet."; below image; lower center: "The Tree of Liberty must be planted immediately! this is the 'something which must be done' | and that quickly too! to save the country from destruction. vide. Sentments of Whig Club Feby. 14th 1797"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.902
- 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:43717
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