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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Vices overlook'd in the New Proclamation, 1792
- Title:
- Vices overlook'd in the New Proclamation
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 3/8in. (22.2 x 34cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "Avarice."; upper right: "Drunkenness."; center left: "Gambling."; lower right: "Debauchery."; lettered below image, lower center: "VICES Overlook'd in the New PROCLAMATION. | To the Commons of Great Britain, this representation of Vices, which remain unforbidden by Proclamation, is dedicated, as proper for initiation, and in place of the more dangerous Ones of Thinking, Speaking & Writing, now forbidden by Authority."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.949
- 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:44071
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