print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1995,0930.28
Title: Object: The raft in danger, or the Republican crew disappointed
Description: The leaders of the opposition, led by Charles James Fox, shown as traitors as they help to winch in the invading French fleet. c.1798 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous; After: Isaac Cruikshank; Published by: Johann Martin Will
School/style
Production date: 1798
Production place: Published in: Augsburg
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 270 millimetres; Width: 665 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is a very rare example of a surviving German copy of an English satire by Isaac Cruikshank (BMSat 9160), and was made very soon after the original, which was issued in London on 28 January 1798.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics
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Acquisition date: 1995
Acquisition notes: Purchased by the British Museum Society from a sum of Pds 2,500.00 for the purchase of satires and caricatures.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1995,0930.28

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