New Shoes or a Visit from a Saffordshire Elector
Print
1806 (made)
1806 (made)
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| Place of origin |
General Description: New Shoes or a Visit from a Saffordshire [sic] Elector (BM:S.10607). Caricature of Richard Brinsely Sheridan's abandonment of the borough of Stafford and candidature for Westminster. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd, Novr 1806 by Walker. No 7 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. On paper watermarked [ ] USE & TURNERS 1818.
Object details
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| Title | New Shoes or a Visit from a Saffordshire Elector |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'New Shoes' |
| Physical description | General Description: New Shoes or a Visit from a Saffordshire [sic] Elector (BM:S.10607). Caricature of Richard Brinsely Sheridan's abandonment of the borough of Stafford and candidature for Westminster. British. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd, Novr 1806 by Walker. No 7 Cornhill. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. On paper watermarked [ ] USE & TURNERS 1818. |
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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.1149-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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