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A hand-colored etching of a thin male figure riding a white horse over a group of men and dead pigs lying on the ground. The figure carries a sword and wears a crown, both made of fire. Fire and smoke emit from the horse’s tail.

A hand-colored etching of a thin male figure riding a white horse over a group of men lying on the ground. The men lay behind the horse, one covered in blood and another clutching his stomach. The figure carries a sword and wears a crown, both made of fire, and holds a snake-like creature in his other hand. Fire and smoke emit from the horse’s tail, where demons fly behind it. In the background, numerous amounts of dead pigs lie on the ground.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42412.8
People
James Gillray, British (1757 - 1815)
Title
Presages of the Millennium
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1795
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371264

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 29.6 × 35.8 cm (11 5/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
sheet: 33 × 37.6 cm (13 × 14 13/16 in.)
frame: 53.3 × 63.5 × 2.5 cm (21 × 25 × 1 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Object Number
TL42412.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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