A peep behind the curtain, or, Preparation for the meeting of Parliament [graphic].

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Title: A peep behind the curtain, or, Preparation for the meeting of Parliament [graphic].
Alternative Title: Preparation for the meeting of Parliament
Contributor: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 October 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Octor. 21, 1807, by Thos. Teeg [sic] in Cheapside
Abstract: "The Cabinet sits on a stage making domestic preparations for Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered "Pan.[?] 6" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Watermark: Basted Mill.
Leaf 4 in volume 1.
Provenance: Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
Collection Title: V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection / Other Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) Basted Mill
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Basted Mill
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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