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print; satirical print; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1855,0609.1935
Title: Object: The Assembly of Beasts
Description: Description to follow. Etching and engraving
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1769
Production place: Published in: Oxford
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 166 millimetres (image); Width: 102 millimetres (image)
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Curator's comments: The atrribution of the design to O'Neale has been made on stylistic grounds
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; anthropomorphism
Associated names: Representation of: George III, King of the United Kingdom; Representation of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute; Representation of: Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton; Representation of: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Representation of: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; Representation of: Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Representation of: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland; Representation of: Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath; Representation of: William Henry van Nassau van Zulenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford; Representation of: John Wilkes; Representation of: W Bingley
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1855
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1855,0609.1935