British Zoology or Tower Curiosities
Print
1810 (made)
1810 (made)
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| Place of origin |
General Description: British Zoology or Tower Curiosities (BM:S.11548). Caricature of Sir Francis Burdett as a goose in the Tower of London menagerie, being shown off to visitors by a beefeater. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd, April 1810 by Walker No 7 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | British Zoology or Tower Curiosities |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'British Zoology' |
| Physical description | General Description: British Zoology or Tower Curiosities (BM:S.11548). Caricature of Sir Francis Burdett as a goose in the Tower of London menagerie, being shown off to visitors by a beefeater. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd, April 1810 by Walker No 7 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, London, 1870-1954 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1136-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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