print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1898,0520.153
Title: No Smuggling Or the Crown Tea Committee Outwitted
Description: A political satire on the smuggling of tea; a long table around which are twenty-one men all postulating and making exclamations such as 'you lye Serrah!' and 'Dissolve ye committee', two more men stand at the door; followed by twelve lines of verse; Etching and Engraving
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School/style
Production date: c.1750s
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 198 millimetres (plate); Width: 327 millimetres (plate)
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: politics; trade/industry; tea production/trade; smuggler
Associated names: Representation of: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville ([?] Listed simply as 'John' in the poem); Representation of: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford ([?] mentioned in poem as 'Bob'); Representation of: Henry Pelham ([?] mentioned in poem as 'Harry')
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0520.153

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