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Grand entrance to Bamboozl'em

Grand entrance to Bamboozl'em
 1821

Medium
hand-coloured engraving
Measurements
28.7 × 41.9 cm (image) 29.6 × 43.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 32.8 × 46.9 cm (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 14122
Printing/Publishing
published by George Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: GRAND ENTRANCE TO BAMBOOZL’EM. / Her most / Graceful M-----y / Columbine B----i alias Mother / Red Cap 2,nd (nd in superscript above , ) Queen of all / the Radicals, Whigs, Hoaxers & / B------i in all her looks / and Brandy in her eye. / Published by G. Humqhrey 27 S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s S.t (t in superscript above . ) Feby (y in superscript) . 1821
printed in ink (in image) l.l.-l.c.l.: (text in eight columns)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.-l.r.: (text in seven columns)
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-c.r.: (text on placards, flags, shop fronts)
Accession Number
2453-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
conflict (general sense) donkeys groups of people placards (information artifacts) political cartoons rallies revolutionaries social issues
Movements
Regency (British)