Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Title:
The Nabob Rumbled or A Lord Advocates Amusement
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: "Political Characters & Caricatures of 1783. No. 1. | Pub'd Jan 21, 1783 by E. D'Archery, St. James's Street."; lettered in image: "I am off - I know good manners | Me and Massa leave England He! He! He! | Ah! these dam'd Scotch Pills will | kill poor Dad. | I weel tak them to Lochabar and | wash them in the Brook"; lettered below image: "The NABOB RUMBLED or A Lord Advocates Amusement."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1974.12.213
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:53908