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British Zoology or Tower Curiosities

Print
1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
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

Category
Object type
TitleBritish 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.
Dimensions
  • Size of plate height: 24.7cm
  • Size of plate width: 35.2cm
  • Size of sheet height: 28.5cm
  • Size of sheet width: 41cm
Size of plate 24.7 x 35.2 cm Size of sheet 28.5 x 41 cm
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 createdFebruary 18, 2009
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