Political Ravishment, by James Gillray

An image of Political Ravishment, -or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger!. Gillray, James, printmaker (British, 1757-1815. Humphrey, Hannah, publisher (British, c.1745-1818). Etching, hand colouring. Published May 22nd 1797. Hand colouring accurate for this date.

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Political Ravishment, -or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger!. Gillray, James, printmaker (British, 1757-1815. Humphrey, Hannah, publisher (British, c.1745-1818). Etching, hand colouring. Published May 22nd 1797. Hand colouring accurate for this date.

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Accession Number: P.424-1948
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 737 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 251.71kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1

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