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Despair, James Gillray

Despair

James Gillray (British) (1756-1815)

Movement
Caricature
Date
1802
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
25.9 × 21 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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