Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765, British
Title:
Britannia in Distress
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "D3010"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5393
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
pulling | trade | credit | wealth | men | Corinthian | columns | crowd | holding | rope | pedestals | roof | Classical | women | heavy | crumbling | personification | historical subject | allegory | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14835