H Beard Print Collection

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Artist/Maker	H. Humphrey (publisher) Gillray, James (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print entitled 'Making-Decent; - i.e. - Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume'. A print depicting The Ministry of the Talents, a party led by George Grenville and Charles James Fox. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Prints Scotland
Object type	Print
Title	H Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques	hand coloured etching, ink and wash on paper Paper Printing Ink Wash Print-Making Painting Hand-Colouring Etching (Corroding)
Brief description	Print entitled 'Making-Decent; - i.e. - Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume'. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 20th February 1806, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description	Etched and hand coloured print entitled 'Making-Decent; - i.e. - Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume'.
Dimensions	Print size height: 25cm Print size width: 35.5cm Total including mount height: 31.6cm Total including mount width: 47cm
Subjects depicted	Caricature Satire Russell, Francis (5th Duke of Bedford) Vansittart, Nicholas (Baron Bexley) Erskine, Thomas (1st Baron Erskine) Fox, Charles James Wyndham Grenville, William (1st Baron Grenville) Grey, Charles (Earl) Rawdon-Hastings, Francis (Marquis of Hastings) Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry (3rd Marquess of Lansdowne) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Addington, Henry (1st Viscount Sidmouth) Spencer, George John Tierney, George Tierney, George
Summary	Print entitled 'Making-Decent; - i.e. - Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume'. A print depicting The Ministry of the Talents, a party led by George Grenville and Charles James Fox. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey.
Other number	F.117-70 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.4657-2009

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Record created	September 11, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1136931/h-beard-print-collection-print-gillray-james/

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