broadside; print; satirical print

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Object Type: broadside; print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.4183
Title: Object: A New Humorous Song, on the Cherokee Chiefs inscribed to the Ladies of Great Britain
Description: Satiricial broadside with an etching showing the three Cherokees who visited England in 1762 and bawdy letterpress verses in two columns by H. Howard suggesting that English women were infatuated with them, and with one vertical segment of type ornaments. (London: 1762)
Producer name: Published by: Henry Howard
School/style: British
Production date: 1762
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 123 millimetres (etching); Height: 365 millimetres (sheet); Width: 202 millimetres; Width: 230 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Advertised on the sheet BM Satires 3882, August 1762.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (3868)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: native american; satire
Associated names: Representation of: Cumnacatogue; Representation of: Pouting Pidgeon; Representation of: Ostenaco
Associated ethnic name: Representation of: Cherokee
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4183

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