Search Night;–or–State Watchmen mistaking Honest Men for Conspirators.-Vide State Arrests
Artwork Details
- Title: Search Night;–or–State Watchmen mistaking Honest Men for Conspirators.-Vide State Arrests
- Artist: After James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
- Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (British, ca. 1745–1819)
- Subject: Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (British, 1765–1802)
- Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
- Subject: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1742–1811 Edinburgh)
- Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
- Subject: Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (British, 1754–1826)
- Subject: John Nicholls (British, ca. 1745–1832)
- Subject: Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (British, 1746–1815)
- Subject: Arthur O'Connor (Irish, 1763–1852)
- Subject: William Pitt (British, 1759–1806)
- Subject: Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre (French, Arras 1758–1794 Paris)
- Subject: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Irish, Dublin 1751–1816 London)
- Subject: George Tierney (British, 1761–1830)
- Subject: John Horne Tooke (British, 1736–1812)
- Date: March 20, 1798
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 14 5/16 in. (26 × 36.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 16 13/16 in. (30.7 × 42.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.541.263
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
June 13, 1781
Multiple artists/makers
[1830]
James Gillray
June 19, 1780
Multiple artists/makers
after April 1785
James Gillray
Hannah Humphrey
July 16, 1805
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