Britania's Assassination or, The Republicans Amusement
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
active 1780s (Life dates)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
active 1780s (Life dates)
Title
Britania's Assassination or, The Republicans Amusement
Date of Production
10.5.1782
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 36 cm
Width: 36 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4357
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : May 10th, 1782, by E. D'Archery St. James's Street //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : on books : No / Br / SYDNEY / on / Government //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : on scrolls : Libel / Reformation Bill //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left within image & recto : in speech bubble : You dam Boy you run 'way wit all de Branche //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : in speech bubbles : Leave not a Wreck behind. / He that Fights [and] runs away, / May live to fight another day. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : BRTANIA'S ASSASSINATION. / or __The Republicans Amusement //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right corner & verso on attached paper : later Witt inscription : WI / LIBRA //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower right corner & verso : later Witt inscription : James Gilr //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : on books : No / Br / SYDNEY / on / Government //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : on scrolls : Libel / Reformation Bill //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left within image & recto : in speech bubble : You dam Boy you run 'way wit all de Branche //
Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : in speech bubbles : Leave not a Wreck behind. / He that Fights [and] runs away, / May live to fight another day. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : BRTANIA'S ASSASSINATION. / or __The Republicans Amusement //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right corner & verso on attached paper : later Witt inscription : WI / LIBRA //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower right corner & verso : later Witt inscription : James Gilr //
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