Substitutes for Bread;–or–Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves, & Dividing the Fishes

Multiple artists/makers

December 24, 1795

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Substitutes for Bread;–or–Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves, & Dividing the Fishes
Artist: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (British, ca. 1745–1819)
Subject: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (British, 1759–1834)
Subject: Charles Long, Baron Farnborough
Subject: Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (British, Chesterhall near Dunbar, Scotland 1733–1805 Windsor)
Subject: William Pitt the Younger (British, 1759–1806)
Subject: Right Hon George Rose (British, born Scotland, 1744–1818)
Date: December 24, 1795
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: sheet: 9 11/16 x 13 11/16 in. (24.6 x 34.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Adele S. Gollin, 1976
Object Number: 1976.602.24
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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