print; broadside; satirical print | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

print; broadside; satirical print

Object Type: print; broadside; satirical print
Museum number: 1849,1003.56
Title: Object: The Motion
Description: For description see 1880,1113.2723. This is a later state with the addition of "Whitehall" and "Treasury" above the relevant buildings
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1741
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 190 millimetres (etching); Height: 294 millimetres (printed area); Width: 307 millimetres (etching); Width: 313 millimetres (printed area)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is the second state of the broadside. Another impression in Crace XVI.12.43 and another one with unmounted fans, Schreiber 23.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Representation of: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville; Representation of: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll; Representation of: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath; Representation of: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham; Representation of: Richard Smalbroke, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1849
Acquisition notes: 1849,1003.1 to 100 were purchased by A E Evans at the 3rd part of the Stowe sale (collection of the Duke of Buckingham) on 7-8 August 1849. The lots purchased were 258, 261, 266-7, 269-70, 273 (all of caricatures), and lot 24 (sea fights)
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1849,1003.56