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Mental energy

Mental energy
 1801

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
23.6 × 17.6 cm (image) 25.4 × 19.7 cm (image and text) 25.8 × 20.3 cm (plate) 26.5 × 21.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9757; Wright & Evans 509
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray del.t (t in superscript above . ) & fect.t (t in superscript above . ) ad vivum.
printed in ink l.c.: London Publiſhed April 13.th (th in superscript above . ) 1801 , by H. Humphrey N.o (o in superscript above . ) 27, S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street ,
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: Mental Energy.
Accession Number
1573.25-4
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)
canes (walking sticks) caricatures fashion (culture-related concept) gentlemen hats men (male humans) menswear profiles (figures)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)