The Terror of Booksellers

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Artist/Maker	Ackermann & Co. (publisher) G. Sauley (artist)
Place of origin	Surrey (made) London (published)

Hand coloured etching of a caricatured writer in rags in a garret room surrounded by rejected writings.

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Categories	Satire Caricatures & Cartoons Prints
Object type	Satirical print
Title	The Terror of Booksellers (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	hand-coloured etching Hand-Colouring Etching
Brief description	G. Sauley. 'The Terror of Booksellers'. Caricature. Surrey, 1806, published in London by Ackermann
Physical description	Hand coloured etching of a caricatured writer in rags in a garret room surrounded by rejected writings.
Dimensions	Height: 10.875in Width: 7.875in
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.518-1943

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O726477/the-terror-of-booksellers-satirical-print-g-sauley/

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