Display Status
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Object Details
Date
August 8, 1810
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Engraving on Paper, Colored
Artist
James Gillray
Physical Description
Hand-colored engraving of a satirical drawing of the pope riding in a balloon over a crowd. The pope is throwing treasures and pamphlets from the balloon. Air coming out of the side of the balloon is labeled 'promises.' Quotes from Virgil's 'Georgics' and Milton's 'Paradise Lost' included below the image.
'London, Publifid August 8th, 1810, by H. Humphrey. 27 St. James's Street.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 60.2 × 47.6cm (23 11/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140649000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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