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print
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album
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newspaper/periodical
Object Type
print
album
newspaper/periodical
Museum number
1953,0710.20.1-56
Title
Series:
St. Stephen's Review
Description
An album of 56 "presentation cartoons" from the St. Stephen's Review for 1884 and 1885. Political satires on various subjects. Chromolithographs and photomechanical prints
Producer name
After:
William Mecham ("Tom Merry")
After:
Phil May
Print made by:
Thomas Bolton
After:
Matthew Somerville Morgan
Printed by:
Judd & Co
Printed by:
Clement-Smith & Co.
Printed by:
Gilbert & Rivington Ltd.
School/style
British
Production date
1884-1885
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
chromolithograph
photomechanical print
Dimensions
Height:
365 millimetres
(sheet size of each album page)
Width:
525 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of eight volumes of presentation cartoons from the St. Stephen's Review (kept at 188*.b.18 to 25). Contains an adaptation of Hogarth's "Rake's Progress".
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
society/human life
politics
Associated names
Associated with:
William Hogarth
Associated titles
Associated Title:
St. Stephen's Review
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Frederic George Kenyon
(as Secretary of the Friends of the National Library)
Acquisition date
1953
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1953,0710.20.1-56