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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1868,0808.12930
Description
Beginning of the eclipse, copy after a satirical print; Castlereagh, Liverpool and Sidmouth, silhouetted and conspiring against the radicals, approach the irradiated head of the Regent. 1820 Pen and black ink
Producer name
After:
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
School/style
British
Production date
1820
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
158 millimetres
Width:
115 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Not in Binyon. Copy after BM Sat 13978. For the pamphlet, see: 1865, 1111.555-563. 184.a.2/14. For similar drawings after Cruikshank prints, see 1868, 0808.12925-12941 and 12947
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(13978)
(cf.)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Portrait of:
George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Portrait of:
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
Portrait of:
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Portrait of:
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Hawkins
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.12930