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Mars

Mars
 1799

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
23.9 × 20.0 cm (image) 25.0 × 20.0 cm (plate) 27.7 × 23.1 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9376; Wright & Evans 232
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: J.s (s in supersript above . ) Gillray d. & f.t (t in superscript above . ) MARS . 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 (in image) u.r.: New Pantheon. N.o (o in suerscript above . ) 2.
Accession Number
1573.23-4
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 Portraits
Subjects (specific)
armour (protective wear) caricatures creatures lances (cavalry weapons) Mars (Roman diety) members of Parliament shields (armour) turkey (genus)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)