print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.6712
- Title
- Object: Treason!!!
- Description
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A stout Mr Bull, artisan or labourer, capers with hands on hips. He directs a blast from his posteriors at a print of the King's head which is pinned to a wall. The King, in profile to the left, looks with angry astonishment at his assailant, and the impression is of a (caricatured) head looking through a window. Bull, with a grin, looks sideways at the print. Pitt's head, much caricatured, projects in profile from the left margin, shouting in dismay: 'That is Treason Johnny'. Behind (left) is the sun, partly below the horizon. Cf. BMSat 9035. 19 March 1798
Etching
- Production date
- 1798
- Dimensions
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Height: 322 millimetres
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Width: 247 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2004-2005 July-Jan, London, Tate Britain, Art and National Identity
2018 -2019, 6 Sep - 20 Jan, London, BM, G35, I Object
2019 11 May-20 Jul, Pontefract Museum, Wakefield, The golden age of satire? Late-Georgian satirical prints
2019 27 Jul-6 Oct, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, The golden age of satire? Late-Georgian satirical prints
2019-2020 12 Oct-12 Jan, Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, The golden age of satire? Late-Georgian satirical prints
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.6712
