Delicious Dreams!–Castles in the Air!–Glorious Prospects!
Artwork Details
- Title: Delicious Dreams!–Castles in the Air!–Glorious Prospects!
- Artist: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
- Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (British, ca. 1745–1819)
- Subject: Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (British, Abingdon, Berkshire 1757–1829 London)
- Subject: Alexander I, of Russia (Russian, St. Petersburg 1777–1825 Tagonrog)
- Subject: George Canning (British, 1770–1827)
- Subject: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (British, 1738–1809 Buckinghamshire)
- Subject: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (British, 1769–1822)
- Subject: Angelica Catalani (Italian, 1782–1849)
- Subject: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (British, 1770–1828)
- Subject: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1742–1811 Edinburgh)
- Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
- Subject: Right Honorable Spencer Perceval (British, 1762–1812)
- Date: April 10, 1808
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in. (35.4 x 25.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Philip van Ingen, 1942
- Object Number: 42.121(115)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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1786–1810
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June 13, 1781
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[1830]
James Gillray
June 19, 1780
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after April 1785
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