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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1935,0522.5.36
Title
Object:
Pandora opening her Box.
Description
(For description see other impression). 22 February 1808 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
James Gillray
Published by:
Hannah Humphrey
School/style
British
Production date
1809
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
352 millimetres
Width:
253 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(11219)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
Associated with:
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
Associated with:
George Canning
Associated with:
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
Associated with:
Mary Anne Clarke
Associated with:
Gen Henry Mordaunt Clavering
Associated with:
Jeremiah Donovan
Associated with:
William Dowler
Associated with:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and Bishop of Osnabrück
Associated with:
Mr Froome
Associated with:
Peter Finnerty
Associated with:
Dennis Hogan
Associated with:
Domenico Corri
Associated with:
Robert Kennett
Associated with:
Right Hon Spencer Perceval
Associated with:
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
Associated with:
Huxley Sandon
Associated with:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Associated with:
Mr Taylor
Associated with:
Col Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle
Associated with:
Samuel Whitbread II
Associated with:
William Wilberforce
Associated with:
William Windham
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.5.36