print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.12591
Title: Object: The opposition Hydra, or Brittania's worst foe.
Description: (For description see other impression). 1 January 1808 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel De Wilde; Published by: S Tipper
School/style: British
Production date: 1808
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 188 millimetres; Width: 348 millimetres
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (10961)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Associated with: George Canning; Associated with: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry; Associated with: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Associated with: Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine; Associated with: Maria Anne Fitzherbert; Associated with: George IV, King of the United Kingdom; Associated with: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Associated with: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Associated with: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Associated with: Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira; Associated with: Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave; Associated with: Right Hon Spencer Perceval; Associated with: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; Associated with: William Pitt the Younger; Associated with: William, 3rd Duke of Portland; Associated with: Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Associated with: Samuel Whitbread II; Associated with: William Windham; Associated with: Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.12591

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