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
Date made
1795Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; with hand-coloured later?
Text printed from matrix
Printed upper right within image, 'Pubd. July 4th. 1795 by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street.'. Printed lower left below image, 'J.G Printed title below image, ' The great South Sea Caterpillar, transformed into a Bath Butterfly.'.
Matrix size
31.4 x 24.4 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
2nd edition of 1847
Production notes
The hand-colouring of this print is not contemporanious.
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature
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.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
104101
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
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 85.1700A
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression, with later hand-colouring
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