print;
satirical print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1870,1008.1467
- Title
- Series: Figaro in London
- Description
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Titlepage to 'Figaro in London', vol. 1, adapting the elements of the vignette heading to each issue (BM Satires 16830); lettering enclosed in simple architectural border, the barber leaning out of a window at top, looking down and to left through a small glass held in his left hand; below, the heads of various political figures balanced on long quills, in a manner resembling the wig-blocks of the vignette, and stuck into a block; from left, these are Wetherall, Brougham, Wellington, Grey and Burdett (?); Cumberland, still on the end of his quill, has fallen and lies on the block amongst inkstands. 1832
Wood-engraving and letterpress
- Production date
- 1832
- Dimensions
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Height: 286 millimetres (approx. page size)
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Width: 220 millimetres (approx. page size)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- In a bound volume containing "Figaro in London" Vols. I and II (1832-1833). Subsequent volumes (III, IV, V, VI and VII) are kept at 298*.a.20 to 22. For group record for Vols. I to VI see 1870,1008.1467-1937. Vol. VII is registered separately as 1982,U.4511.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Figaro in London
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1870,1008.1467