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The Tables Turn'd. Billy in the Devil's Claws.

Print
probably 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker

Etching, coloured by hand, titled 'The Tables Turn'd. Billy in the Devil's Claws. Billy sending [sic] the Devil Packing.' Inscribed with titles, captions, publishers' names etc.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Tables Turn'd. Billy in the Devil's Claws. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching, hand-colouring
Brief description
'The Tables Turn'd. Billy in the Devil's Claws. Billy sending [sic] the Devil Packing.' Copy after a print by James Gillray (ca.1757-1815), published in London by John Miller, and in Edinburgh by W.Blackwood. Hand-coloured etching, probably 18th century.
Physical description
Etching, coloured by hand, titled 'The Tables Turn'd. Billy in the Devil's Claws. Billy sending [sic] the Devil Packing.' Inscribed with titles, captions, publishers' names etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with titles, captions, publishers' names etc.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.793-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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