Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
- Satirist, active 1812-1813.
- Date
- 1 October 1813
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M.D. George in the British Museum catalogue implies that the event depicted really happened
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The witch of Endor and the unexpected ghost. Satirist invt ; G. Cruikshank fect
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[London] : Satirist, 1 October 1813.
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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 17.3 x 33.5 cm
Publications note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 12084
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 38481i
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- English
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Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
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