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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1851,0901.958
Title
Object:
A charm for a democracy, reviewed, analysed & destroyed Jany 1st 1799 to the confusion of its affiliated friends.
Description
(For description see other impression). 1 February 1799. Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Thomas Rowlandson
Published by:
John Wright
School/style
British
Production date
1799
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
289 millimetres
Width:
442 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(9345)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Joel Barlow
Associated with:
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Associated with:
Thomas Belsham
Associated with:
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
Associated with:
Erasmus Darwin
Associated with:
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Associated with:
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
Associated with:
Charles James Fox
Associated with:
William Frend
Associated with:
George III, King of the United Kingdom
Associated with:
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville
Associated with:
Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
Associated with:
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Associated with:
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
Associated with:
James O'Coigley
Associated with:
Arthur O'Connor
Associated with:
William Oakley
Associated with:
Rev Samuel Parr
Associated with:
William Pitt the Younger
Associated with:
Richard Price
Associated with:
Maximilien Robespierre
Associated with:
Jack Straw
Associated with:
John Thelwall
Associated with:
George Tierney
Associated with:
John Horne Tooke
Associated with:
Joseph Towers
Associated with:
Wat Tyler
Associated with:
Voltaire
Associated with:
William Windham
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Smith, the printseller
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1851,0901.958