Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" Taking Their Last Voyage

James Gillray, Artist H. Humphrey, Publisher
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Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" Taking Their Last Voyage

1807

James Gillray (Artist) English, 1756-1815 (Publisher) H. Humphrey

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plate: 9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. 24.4 x 34.9 cm sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. 26.2 x 37.1 cm

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

F1984.32

Public Domain

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In plate, lower left: Js. Gillray fect.; very faintly, lower right: Pub. July ( ) 1807 by H. Humphrey. 27 St. James ( ); center bottom margin: CHARON'S-BOAT.-or-THE Ghost's of "all the Talents" taking their last voyage.- from the Pope's Gallery at Rome.; top left edge: Publish'd July 16th 1807, by H. Humphrey 27 St. James Street.; in pencil on supporting sheet: Earl St. Vincent' avast\ ( ).

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Published References

Wright, Thomas, and R. H. Evans. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London, 1851, pp. 305-307, no. 339.

George, Mary Dorothy. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, vol. 8. London, 1947, pp. 545-547, no. 10748.

Wright, Thomas, ed. The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist. New York, 1970, pp. 350-351.

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James Gillray, Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" Taking Their Last Voyage, 1807. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, F1984.32.

Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" Taking Their Last Voyage
Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" Taking Their Last Voyage