print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.4032
Title: Object: An Odd Sight Sometime Hence
Description: Satire on the government showing the bodies of three ministers hanging from a gibbet, a fox (Henry Fox) urinating at the foot. The onlookers include a woman in a waggon and a man on crutches taken from Hogarth's Industry and Idleness. Etching
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1756 (circa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 197 millimetres; Width: 298 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The attribution to Bickham is made on stylistic grounds, particularly that of the letteringof the title.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; Associated with: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke; Associated with: George Anson, Baron Anson; Associated with: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4032

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