Auction extraordinary, that is to say, an extraordinary auction

Auction extraordinary, that is to say, an extraordinary auction
 (1830)
no. 58 from the Political Sketches series 1829–51

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
hand-coloured lithograph
Measurements
29.2 × 24.2 cm (image) 32.2 × 26.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 16074
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas McLean, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: HB (monogram)
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY: that is to say; an EXTRAORDINARY AUCTION
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-u.r.: (three speech bubbles of text)
Accession Number
2461-3
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)
auctioneers auctions (sales events) automata bidders men (male humans) political cartoons
Movements
Regency (British)

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