Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth centuryPublished by George Humphrey, ca. 1773–ca. 1831, British
Title:
A Sacrifice to Slavery, Dedicated without Permission to the Puppet Player in Downing Street
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 7/8in. (19.1 x 30.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center left: "Curtain of Futurity | Ruins of the Ancient British House of Parliament Destroy'd on D. 1784 - 1785 &c."; center: "Petition for readers | 'The day is mine in spite of your Petitions' | Duplicity W Bliful"; center right: "Altar of Slavery erected in a few years by the Unhappy Politician"; lower left: "Liberty"; lower right: "3rd. An Open Violation of the rights of Election | 2nd. A Venal majority in a pack'd Parliament | 1st. Step Dissolving of the Parliament of the People."; lettered below image, lower center: "A Sacrifice to Slavery, Dedicated Without Permission to the Puppet Player in Downing Street | London Published by G. Humphrey No. 48 Long Acre Jany. 8th, 1787."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection