Title: The American Rattle Snake
Object type: Print
Date: April 12, 1782
Artist: Attributed to James Gillray 
Artist bio: British, London 1756–1815 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate (partly clipped): 8 5/8 x 12 11/16 in. (21.9 x 32.2 cm)
sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 15/16 in. (23.9 x 32.8 cm)
Frame: 16 × 21 in. (40.6 × 53.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Geography: Published in London         
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: American Revolution, term: Snakes