print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 2010,7081.1106
Title: Object: The Graces Comparing Sandals
Description: Three women in regency dress, two standing and displaying their sandals to the third, who sits on the left; with a dressing table to left in front of a window, and a landscape on the wall. 1798 Mezzotint with etching
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Production date: 1798
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Technique: mezzotint; etching
Dimensions: Height: 315 millimetres; Width: 230 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
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Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.1106

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