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A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.
- Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860.
- Date
- [1 December 1812]
- Reference
- 38454i
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Credit: A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Identified by M.D. George in the British Museum catalogue as a parody of an advertisement for the Royal Menagerie at Exeter Change, off the Strand. The heads are those of members of the Oppposition who failed to form a ministry
Publication/Creation
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1 December 1812]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 16.5 x 34 cm
Lettering
The anti-royal menagerie. Satirist invt. W.H. Ekoorb delt. Aqua Fortis fecit.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1949, vol. 9, no. 11916
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 38454i
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- English
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