print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.6975
Title: Object: Preparing for the Grand Attack.-or- a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant Ministry in danger".
Description: (For description see other impression). 4 December 1801 Hand-coloured etching.
Producer name: Print made by: James Gillray; Published by: Hannah Humphrey
School/style: British
Production date: 1801
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 253 millimetres; Width: 355 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (9739)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Associated with: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet; Associated with: Oliver Cromwell; Associated with: Charles James Fox; Associated with: Niccolò Macchiavelli; Associated with: Thomas Paine; Associated with: William Pitt the Younger; Associated with: Maximilien Robespierre; Associated with: Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Associated with: Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès; Associated with: John Thelwall; Associated with: John Horne Tooke
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.6975

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