Improvement in Weights and Measures; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag
Artwork Details
- Title: Improvement in Weights and Measures; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag
- Subject: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
- Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (British, ca. 1745–1819)
- Artist: Sir John Sinclair (British, Thurso, Scotland 1754–1835 Edinburgh)
- Date: December 1, 1798
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: sheet (clipped impession): 14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (36.5 x 25.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.888-70
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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June 13, 1781
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[1830]
James Gillray
June 19, 1780
Multiple artists/makers
after April 1785
James Gillray
Hannah Humphrey
July 16, 1805
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