Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Title:
Shrine at St. Ann's Hill
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 7/8in. (34 x 25.1cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper right: "Droit De L'homme | I. Right to worship whom we please. | II. Right to create and bow down to any thing we chuse to set up. | III. Right to use in vain any Name we like. | IV. Right to work Nine Days in the Week & do what we please on the tenth. | V. Right to honor both Father & Mother when we find necessary. | VI. Right to Kill. | VII. Right to comit Adultery | VIII. Right to Plunder | IX. Right to bear what Witness we please. | X. Right to covet our Neighbour's House & all that is his."; below image, lower center: "Shrine at St. Ann's Hill."; lower right: "Pub.d May 26th 1798 by H. Humphrey. St. James's Street"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.898
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43713