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French - Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark, James Gillray

French - Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark

James Gillray (British) (1756-1815)

Movement
Caricature
Date
1795
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
22.2 × 33.5 cm (sheet)
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, public domain

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