Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots

James Gillray, published December 3, 1796

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Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots, published December 3, 1796. Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper.

Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper · Image: 35.3 × 24.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots
Artist: James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)
Date: published December 3, 1796
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 35.3 × 24.7 cm (13 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Plate: 35.7 × 25.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 29.3 cm (15 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1756–1815

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.