Title: Melpomene
Object type: Print
Date: December 6, 1784
Artist: Attributed to James Gillray 
Artist bio: British, London 1756–1815 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and aquatint; open letter state
Dimensions: plate: 14 x 9 7/8 in. (35.6 x 25.1 cm)
sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (42.2 x 29.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY