print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2005,U.2
Title: Object: The modern Calypso; or the matured enchantress.
Description: A crude but fairly accurate copy, the clouds omitted. c.May 1812 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: After: Charles Williams; Published by: J Sidebotham
School/style
Production date: 1812
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 236 millimetres; Width: 329 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: (Description from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', IX, 1949) (For description see other impression) Part of the Smith collection, but has no visible reg. nr.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: George IV, King of the United Kingdom; Associated with: Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford; Associated with: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Acquisition date: 1753-2005
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2005,U.2

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