My ass in a band box [graphic]

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Title: My ass in a band box [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 March 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 10, 1797, 12 Charg. Cross
Abstract: A monkey wearing a military uniform and holding a sword and a flag "Volunteer cavalry" sits astride an ass. From a basket hanging from the saddle hang a portrait of Fox with the caption "In place" and a portrait of Fox with the words "Out of place"; below the portraits can be seen a papers, the top the words "Tantararara rogues all" . The ass stands in a trunk with bundles of newspapers and paper hanging off the sides or in the lid, identified with the words: Telegraph, Parliament speeches, Gazettes extraordinary, Fashionable occurrences, Independent [sic] elections, Law suits. On the ground around the trunk are papers with titles: Speech of Mr. Deputy Did[...], 20 s. notes, Examination of Faro's daughters before the Justice
Description: Title from item.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: I Taylor 1801.
Provenance: Andrew Edmonds; March 1976;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22 x 16.5 cm, on sheet 27 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) I Taylor 1801
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Animals in human situations
Baskets
Donkeys
Military uniforms
Monkeys
Newspapers
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Animals in human situations
Baskets
Donkeys
Military uniforms
Monkeys
Newspapers
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
I Taylor > 1801

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