Metallic Tractors (caricature, after James Gillray, 1801)

period print · 1801

type:period print

year:1801

citation:After James Gillray (1756-1815). Metallic Tractors, the caricature published 1801; this hand-colored etching impression is dated 1803 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 83.2.1149, gift of William H. Huntington, 1883. CC0 public domain dedication. Via Wikimedia Commons.

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SUMMARY

Hand-colored etching after James Gillray's 1801 satirical caricature depicting the use of Perkins's Metallic Tractors on a patient's nose, with a dog recoiling in the background. This impression is dated 1803 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 83.2.1149) and is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

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