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The York Dilly or The triumph of innocence

The York Dilly or The triumph of innocence
 1809

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.4 × 31.8 cm (image) 23.9 × 33.8 cm (plate) 26.9 × 36.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 11274; Grego II p. 155
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) March 30.th (th in superscript above . ) 1809 by Tho.s (s in superscript above . ) Tegg N.o (o in superscript above . ) 111 Cheapside
printed in ink l.c.l.-l.c.r.: THE YORK DILLY OR THE TRIUMPH OF INNOCENCE .
printed in ink (in image) (on carriage ornament) u.c.: ACQUITTED / Glorious Majority of / 82
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-c.r.: (text in speech bubbles and on knapsack)
Accession Number
1573.47-4
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 Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) celebrations coaches (carriages) defendants Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany justice (philosophical concept) spectators (event observers) travellers (people by activity)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)