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Duke William's ghost
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
24.5 × 34.7 cm (image) 25.9 × 36.2 cm (plate) 26.3 × 37.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9381; Wright & Evans Suppressed plate 39
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray inv. & F.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.r.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) May 7.th (th in superscript above . ) 1799. by H. Humphrey 27. / S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street.
printed in ink l.c.: DUKE WILLIAM’S GHOST ,
Accession Number
1573.21-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
caricatures drunkenness dukes George IV, King of Great Britain ghosts (spirits) hourglasses nudity princes (rulers)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)