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Object Type
Museum number: 1869,1009.24
Title: Object: The British Bee Hive
Description: The British state and constitution designed as a bee hive, the structure with fifty four cells, each containing an image of a profession or institution, the monarchy at the top, then politics, religion, law, arts and sciences, trades and agriculture, the bank and the military and navy all represented with vignettes and lettered with descriptions (1867) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: William Tweedie; Published by: George Cruikshank
School/style
Production date: 1867
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 345 millimetres; Width: 210 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: trade/industry; arts and sciences; law; politician/statesman; military
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,1009.24

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