print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1884,0412.3
Title: Object: The Ruined Girl
Description: Satire: a woman wearing an Empire-line dress stands by a sofa in an elegant room weeping into a handkerchief; a window on the left, bolster on the sofa and letter on the floor. 5 March 1781 Mezzotint
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Production date: 1781
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 352 millimetres (stained); Width: 249 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 (undescribed); Sayer/Laurie & Whittle Posture Mezzotints / Catalogue of prints for the year 1775 (136); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed) (but listed p. 1755)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1884
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1884,0412.3

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