Substitutes for Bread

James Gillray, published December 24, 1795

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Substitutes for Bread, published December 24, 1795. Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper.

Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper · Image: 21.7 × 34 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Substitutes for Bread
Artist: James Gillray (English, 1756-1815) published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)
Date: published December 24, 1795
Medium: Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 21.7 × 34 cm (8 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 35 cm (9 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 39.6 cm (10 11/16 × 15 5/8 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.