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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1868,0808.13405
Title
Object:
The progress of cant.
Description
(For description see other impression.) Proof before letters. 1825 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Thomas Hood
School/style
British
Production date
1825
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
337 millimetres
Width:
519 millimetres
(cropped)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(14815)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Ben Burn
Associated with:
Archibald Constable
Associated with:
Robert William Elliston
Associated with:
Alexander Fletcher
Associated with:
Elizabeth Fry
Associated with:
Dr Francis Joseph Gall
Associated with:
John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
Associated with:
Maria, Countess of Harrington
Associated with:
Alexander, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Associated with:
Henry "Orator" Hunt
Associated with:
Rev Edward Irving
Associated with:
Immanuel Kant
Associated with:
Johnson
Associated with:
Thomas Moore
Associated with:
Daniel O'Connell
Associated with:
Mrs Amelia Opie
Associated with:
James Pidding
Associated with:
Rev. Thomas Rudge
Associated with:
Sir Walter Scott
Associated with:
Johann Gaspar Spurzheim
Associated with:
George Whitefield
Associated with:
Thomas Wilson
Associated with:
Charles Wright
Associated with:
Sir Jeffry Wyatville
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Hawkins
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.13405