broadside; print; satirical print

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Object Type: broadside; print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.4202
Title: Object: The Other Thing
Description: Bawdy broadside on Queen Charlotte with an etching of a rabbit, or coney, outside Buckingham House and letterpress verses in two columns; type ornaments around the initial letter and in one vertical segment. (London: 1762)
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1762
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 105 millimetres (etching); Height: 326 millimetres (sheet); Width: 163 millimetres; Width: 180 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The broadside was inspired by "The Queen's Ass" (BMSat 3870), and refers also to the three Cherokee chiefs who visited England in 1762 (see BMSat 3868).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; mammal; eroticism/sex
Associated names: Representation of: Charlotte, Queen of George III; Associated with: Pouting Pidgeon; Associated with: Ostenaco; Associated with: Cumnacatogue
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London (Buckingham House)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.4202

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