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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1935,0522.11.48
Title
Object:
A prophetic sketch of the (wig) club as described in the 1st Book of Samuel....
Description
(For description see other impression). 20 December 1799 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
John Cawse
Lettering engraved by:
F Sansom
Published by:
S W Fores
School/style
British
Production date
1799
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
264 millimetres
Width:
334 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(9434)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
Associated with:
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
Associated with:
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Associated with:
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
Associated with:
Charles James Fox
Associated with:
George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine
Associated with:
Joseph Jekyll
Associated with:
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
Associated with:
John Nicholls
Associated with:
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
Associated with:
Arthur O'Connor
Associated with:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Associated with:
George Tierney
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.11.48