Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

They should be women! And yet their beards forbid us to interpret that they are so", Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 inches (25 x 35 cm), Image: 8 11/16 x 13 inches (22 x 33 cm), Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "Gillray"; lower right: "MVGILL 2:135", Lettered, upper center: "To H: Fuzelli Esqr this attempt in the Caricatura-Sublime, is respectfully dedicated."; lower right inside image: "Pubd Decr 23, 1791 | by H. Humphrey No18 Old Bond Street"; lower center below image: "WIERD-SISTERS; MINISTERS OF DARKNESS; MINIONS of the MOON. | 'They should be Women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret, that they are so' "
Accession number: B1981.25.853
Medium: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 inches (25 x 35 cm)|Image: 8 11/16 x 13 inches (22 x 33 cm)
Inscriptions: Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "Gillray"; lower right: "MVGILL 2:135"|Lettered, upper center: "To H: Fuzelli Esqr this attempt in the Caricatura-Sublime, is respectfully dedicated."; lower right inside image: "Pubd Decr 23, 1791 | by H. Humphrey No18 Old Bond Street"; lower center below image: "WIERD-SISTERS; MINISTERS OF DARKNESS; MINIONS of the MOON. | 'They should be Women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret, that they are so' "
Collection: Prints and Drawings