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Political Ravishment, by James Gillray

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An image of Political Ravishment, -or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger!. Gillray, James, printmaker (British, 1757-1815. Humphrey, Hannah, publisher (British, c.1745-1818). Etching, hand colouring. Published May 22nd 1797. Hand colouring accurate for this date.

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Political Ravishment, -or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger!. Gillray, James, printmaker (British, 1757-1815. Humphrey, Hannah, publisher (British, c.1745-1818). Etching, hand colouring. Published May 22nd 1797. Hand colouring accurate for this date.

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  • Accession Number: P.424-1948
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 737 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 251.71kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1

Key words

18th Century bank note Bank of England blue coat British School clothes clothing coat comedic comedy comic costume culture debt English etching fashion Fitz_PDP frock coat Gillray grey wig hand coloured Hannah Humphrey illustration indebted James Gillray kiss kissing lender loan money overcoat political political commentary politician politics print satire satiric satirical social commentary society wigs

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