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print
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broadside
Object Type
print
broadside
Museum number
1868,0808.3625
Title
Object:
The Patriot-Statesman
Description
Broadside celebrating Robert Walpole; for description and comment, see 1868,0808.3624. 1740 Etching and letterpress
Producer name
After:
Francis Hayman
Print made by:
Gerard van der Gucht
School/style
British
Production date
1740
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
174 millimetres
(plate mark; cropped at top)
Height:
563 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
308 millimetres
Width:
390 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(2459)
Allen 1987 / Francis Hayman
(319)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
Associated names
Portrait of:
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
Representation of:
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Hawkins
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.3625