print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1948,0214.347
Title: Object: A Will'O th'Wisp
Description: Satire with a rustic dropping his lantern in terror terrified by an old man with spectacles dancing before him with an evil grin. 15 November 1794 Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
School/style: British
Production date: 1794
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; aquatint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 236 millimetres; Width: 306 millimetres (cut)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (144); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; fairy
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Francis D Klingender
Acquisition date: 1948
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1948,0214.347

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