A Pair of Spectacles Easily Seen Through

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Artist/Maker	Heath, William (printmaker) McLean, Thomas (publisher)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portraits of two politicians in profile seen through a large pair of oval framed spectacles. To the left is Sir Francis Burdett holding two papers entitled 'Corn Bill' and Catholic Bill'. To the right John Hobhouse holds a piece of paper on which are the words 'Carte blanche.'

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Categories	Prints Caricatures & Cartoons Politics Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	A Pair of Spectacles Easily Seen Through (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching, hand-coloured Printing Ink Paper Colour Etching Hand-Colouring
Brief description	William Heath. Hand-coloured etching. A Pair of Spectacles Easily Seen Through, 1830.
Physical description	Portraits of two politicians in profile seen through a large pair of oval framed spectacles. To the left is Sir Francis Burdett holding two papers entitled 'Corn Bill' and Catholic Bill'. To the right John Hobhouse holds a piece of paper on which are the words 'Carte blanche.'
Dimensions	Height: 30.4cm Width: 43.7cm Platemark height: 25.5cm Platemark width: 35.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	No 3 Election Squibs and Crackers for 1830 - Dedicated to the Independent ELECTORS of WESTMINSTER (Printed above the image) There was a Man did Nothing (Lower left) W Heath (Signed lower left) Shall we listen to the Rabble out of doors vide the C[?]a/ Catholic Affair (Upper left) Here is a list of what I have done (Upper right) And there was another did Less; - old song (Lower right) Pub by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. Election Caricatures executed fror gentlement in three Hours. CORN / BILL (On paper in Burdett's hand) CATHOLIC BILL (On paper in Burdett's hand) A PAIR OF SPECTACLES EASILY SEEN THROUGH (Lower centre)
Credit line	Bequeathed by John Jones
Subjects depicted	Election Spectacles Papers Burdett, Francis Sir Hobhouse, John Cam Baron Broughton
Bibliographic reference	George, M. Dorothy. 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	1233:28-1882

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Record created	June 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O248060/a-pair-of-spectacles-easily-print-heath-william/

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