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H Beard Print Collection

Print
30th July 1806 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print entitled 'Modern Atlas's Tottering under a Globe of their own Formation!!'. Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Addington and William Wyndham Grenville are depicted as Atlas' carrying one globe. Published in London by S. W. Fores.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
hand coloured etching, ink and wash on paper
Brief description
Print entitled 'Modern Atlas's Tottering under a Globe of their own Formation!!'. Published in London by S. W. Fores on 30th July 1806, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Etched and hand coloured print entitled 'Modern Atlas's Tottering under a Globe of their own Formation!!'.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 25.6cm
  • Print size width: 36cm
  • Total including mount height: 56.1cm
  • Total including mount width: 38cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Fox. Sheridan. Lord Henry Petty. Lord Sidmouth. Lord Grenville. / 1806.' (Written in pencil on back of print.)
Subjects depicted
Summary
Print entitled 'Modern Atlas's Tottering under a Globe of their own Formation!!'. Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Addington and William Wyndham Grenville are depicted as Atlas' carrying one globe. Published in London by S. W. Fores.
Other number
F.118-7 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.4666-2009

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
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