print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2001,0520.9
Title: Object: Training Young Men of Honor in Ireland
Description: Satire: two boys with improvised weapons being taught to fight by two men, on left with gun, right with sword. 26 March 1792 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; After: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
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Production date: 1792
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 248 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 402 millimetres (trimmed)
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Curator's comments: The subject may be connected with the Cherokee Club of Dublin formed in 1792 by rich and fashionable young men who were required to be expert duellists, bullies, topers and rakes (see BM Sat 8218).
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (29); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2007 April-July BM, P&D, BMP Gift books display
Subjects: satire; irish
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Acquisition date: 2001
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2001,0520.9
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