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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1935,0522.4.190
Title
Object:
A Legal Point, or "Cedant arma togae"
Description
A close copy of BM Satires No. 15848, or the original version (coloured). Apostrophe omitted from 'Lordship's Frank'. c. August 1829 Hand-coloured lithograph
Producer name
Print made by:
John Doyle (HB)
Published by:
Edward McLean
School/style
British
Production date
1829
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
260 millimetres
Width:
310 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
(Description from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(15848.A)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Representation of:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Representation of:
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Associated with:
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.4.190
Conservation
Treatment
: 26 Nov 2009