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New Shoes or a Visit from a Saffordshire Elector

Print
1806 (made)
Artist/Maker
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

Category
Object type
TitleNew 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.
Dimensions
  • Size of plate height: 24.5cm
  • Size of plate width: 34.8cm
  • Size of sheet height: 25.1cm
  • Size of sheet width: 35.5cm
Size of plate 24.5 x 34.8 cm Size of sheet 25.1 x 35.5 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.1149-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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