Retribution; - Tarring and Feathering; - or - The Patriots Revenge, - Nay You'll Stop Our Mouths, Beware Your Own
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-coloring
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 1/8in. (32.4 x 23.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "Liber-tas."; upper right: "Fate of the Sedition Bill"; center right: "Remonstrance of the People"; lower left: "Pubd. Novr. 26th, 1795. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; lower right: "Rights of the People | Sedition Bill | Ministering Influence | Information"; lettered below image, lower center: "RETRIBUTION; Tarring & Feathering; or The Patriots Revenge. | 'Nay & you'll stop Our Mouths, beware Your Own.'"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection