The great South Sea caterpillar, transformed into a Bath Butterfly
Primary Artist
James Gillray (1757–1815)
Title
The great South Sea caterpillar, transformed into a Bath Butterfly
Source
The works of James Gillray : from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected. London : Henry G. Bohn, 1847.
Date made
1795
Date details
1851, printed
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; with hand-coloured later?
Matrix size
31.4 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
46.8 x 31.7 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression, with later hand-colouring
Edition information
2nd edition of 1847
Production notes
The hand-colouring of this print is not contemporanious.
Subject description
Caricature of Sir Joseph Banks as a butterfly with his Order of the Bath on his chest and the British crown as the sun.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
104101
Accession number
85.1700A
Accession method
Fund
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1985/86 (1985-09-10)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1985.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1985.
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Gillray, James. | (1757–1815) English | Male | artist
Humphrey, Hannah. | (1745–1818) English | Female | publisher
Bohn, Henry G. | (1796–1884) Male | publishers
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013