print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1988,1001.47
Title: Object: The Empress's wish or Boney puzzled!!
Description: Empress Marie Louise puts Napoleon in bad humour by asking him to bring in the British man-of-war that is blockading his harbour. 9 August 1810 Hand-coloured etching with stipple
Producer name: Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank; Published by: John Johnston
School/style
Production date: 1810
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured; stipple
Dimensions: Height: 248 millimetres; Width: 350 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed); Krumbhaar 1966 / Isaac Cruikshank. A catalogue raisonné. With a sketch of his life and work (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1988
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1988,1001.47

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