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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9602000, member: 33"]Several pages of information state that this print was issued in color, originally commissioned from Gillray for the <i>Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. </i>However, that one was a fold out, which the non-colored one appears to be. There are also several statements saying that the print was issued by itself at the same time. I could not find any explanation for the ones that are not colored. Everything that mentions the original printing says it was in color, or is silent on the matter of color/no color.</p><p><br /></p><p>This page is oddly formatted. I found it through a Google search. This one misstates the title of the magazine as <i>Anti Jacobin Magazine and Review.</i></p><p><a href="https://www.james-gillray.org/pop/morality2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.james-gillray.org/pop/morality2.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.james-gillray.org/pop/morality2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum has a long description of the print here:</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6762" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6762" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6762</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Reading all of this, it seems that the opinions lean in favor of the publication in the magazine being in color, but it's possible that these pages are incorrect. Actually, the first of the links I posted above is from a site that is what I'll call a labor of love.</p><p>(Description of its beginning here: <a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/11/10/james-gillray-online-catalogue/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/11/10/james-gillray-online-catalogue/" rel="nofollow">https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/11/10/james-gillray-online-catalogue/</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>So perhaps browsing the whole site will help? Or writing to its creator?</p><p><a href="https://www.james-gillray.org/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.james-gillray.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.james-gillray.org/index.html</a></p><p>Note that there is a contact page, and also a catalogue of prints by him. The author's goal is to be very thorough.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an 1851 catalogue of Gillray's works. Not sure whether it would be easy to find. <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/350530" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/350530" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/350530</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9602000, member: 33"]Several pages of information state that this print was issued in color, originally commissioned from Gillray for the [I]Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. [/I]However, that one was a fold out, which the non-colored one appears to be. There are also several statements saying that the print was issued by itself at the same time. I could not find any explanation for the ones that are not colored. Everything that mentions the original printing says it was in color, or is silent on the matter of color/no color. This page is oddly formatted. I found it through a Google search. This one misstates the title of the magazine as [I]Anti Jacobin Magazine and Review.[/I] [URL]https://www.james-gillray.org/pop/morality2.html[/URL] The British Museum has a long description of the print here: [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6762[/URL] Reading all of this, it seems that the opinions lean in favor of the publication in the magazine being in color, but it's possible that these pages are incorrect. Actually, the first of the links I posted above is from a site that is what I'll call a labor of love. (Description of its beginning here: [URL]https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/11/10/james-gillray-online-catalogue/[/URL] ) So perhaps browsing the whole site will help? Or writing to its creator? [URL]https://www.james-gillray.org/index.html[/URL] Note that there is a contact page, and also a catalogue of prints by him. The author's goal is to be very thorough. There is an 1851 catalogue of Gillray's works. Not sure whether it would be easy to find. [URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/350530[/URL][/QUOTE]
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