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print
;
satirical print
;
broadside
Object Type
print
satirical print
broadside
Museum number
1948,0214.781
Title
Object:
The Coalition Dissected
Description
(For description see other impression). In this impression the plate is printed in the middle of a broadside titled 'Celebrated Speech of the Earl of Abingdon, in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, December 2, 1783' (no name or place). The print is dated 12 August 1783 Etching and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
William Dent
Published by:
J Cattermoul
School/style
British
Production date
1783
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
346 millimetres
Height:
490 millimetres
Width:
345 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
254 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This plate is also found as a single sheet before the erasure of the Strand address: see 1868,0808.5034.
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(6257)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Representation of:
Charles James Fox
Representation of:
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Representation of:
George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Francis D Klingender
Acquisition date
1948
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1948,0214.781