print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1861,0518.1166
Title: Object: The advantage of toping. Written and sung, with unbounded applause, by Charles Dibdin, senior, Esq.
Description: Heading to printed verses (46 ll.): 'Written and Sung, with unbounded Applause, by Charles Dibdin, Senior, Esq.' Seven men drink round a table lit by two candles; some sit, some stand, one lies prostrate, one is asleep. The chairman stands, raising his glass. The refrain begins: 'Then all get drunk if you wish to be happy.' 1 December 1807 Etching with letterpress
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Production date: 1807
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 178 millimetres (platemark); Height: 236 millimetres (whole sheet); Width: 257 millimetres (image platemark); Width: 298 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (10956); Laurie & Whittle Quarto Drolls 1795 / Laurie and Whittle's Catalogue of ... Prints (477)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Charles Dibdin I; Associated with: Charles Dibdin II
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1861
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1861,0518.1166

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