print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2001,0520.7
Title: Object: An Apparition
Description: Satire: resurrection man surprised by ghost, rising from grave. 1 May 1790 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
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Production date: 1790
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 349 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 248 millimetres (trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Alexander doubts the attribution to Newton, who would have been only 12 or 13 years old when it was published. For others in the set, published 1 October 1792, see Alexander 65-69.
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (1); 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; ghost; bodysnatcher
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2001
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2001,0520.7
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Jan 2002; Treatment: 02 Nov 2002

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