print; satirical print; book-illustration

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print; satirical print; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1868,0808.9911
Title: Object: The Courtiers Assembled, on hearing the News of the Death of the Rt Honble Wm Beckford
Description: Satire on the reception of the news of William Beckford's death. Etching and engraving with hand-colouring
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous
School/style: British
Production date: 1770
Production place: Published in: Oxford
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 97 millimetres (image); Height: 113 millimetres; Width: 157 millimetres (image); Width: 172 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For discussion, see Temi Odumosu, "Africans in English Caricature 1769-1819: Black Jokes, White Humour" (Harvey Miller) 2017, chapter 1, "The Overdressed Slave: Servants, Pets and 'Mungo' Macaronis", pp. 49-97.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (4393)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Representation of: Jeremiah Dyson; Associated with: William Beckford; Representation of: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Representation of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute; Representation of: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; Representation of: Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Representation of: Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath; Representation of: Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton; Representation of: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford; Representation of: Wills Hill, 1st Marquis of Downshire; Representation of: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.9911

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