James Gillray : The Suppressed Plates
Album
ca. 1850 (printed)
ca. 1850 (printed)
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The album contains 45 numbered prints on wove paper, the majority printed two per page, recto only. Half-leather binding in red morocco, gilt spine and edges, and marbled boards.
Object details
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| Title | James Gillray : The Suppressed Plates (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Half-leather bound album |
| Brief description | Cover of an album of 40 'suppressed' caricatures featuring sexual, scatalogical and politically outrageous subject matter by James Gillray (1756-1815). Issued mid-19th century. |
| Physical description | The album contains 45 numbered prints on wove paper, the majority printed two per page, recto only. Half-leather binding in red morocco, gilt spine and edges, and marbled boards. |
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| Credit line | Gift from the Ministry of Justice |
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| Accession number | E.685:1-2014 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2013 |
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