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Prints especially satirical, London. Retired curator @britishmuseum, still working on prints. Hon Editor @LondonTopSoc.

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Today's British print from a large volume of Thomas Gray's poems with amazingly inventive illustrations designed by Robert Bentley, etched by Johann Sebastian Muller. This is "Ode on the Death of [Horace Walpole's] Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes".

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Here's my British print of the day from . Gillray's wonderful image of the state of the nation in 1795 - maybe a bit too topical. See Dorothy George's detailed account at https://t.co/SnabNlyAcR - and look at that wonderful aquatint!

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It would be great to see some treasures from the collection - and maybe people would comment on them. https://t.co/BmGwvBml1Z

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And another local connection - Sarah T's father was Joshua Kirby, a friend of William Hogarth who had a house in Chiswick (now open to the public). Hogarth encouraged the young JK and produced frontispieces for his books on perspective - check out the attached! https://t.co/alqtDypnYV

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Worth a lot more than half a guinea! https://t.co/BPYDDvzWGI

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Here she is. What a way to earn a few quid! https://t.co/tl5WaCX4Fx

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opens on 1st July at 63 Wells Street, London WI!!!

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Print by Pryse Campbell (1727-68) who was one of the first to make caricatures of politicians - his fellow MPs .Here's Lord Chancellor Northington

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What about Tim Clayton's great books on the subject: Waterloo - detailed but readable account of battle, This Dark Business - revealing the British plots against Napoleon, Bonaparte and the British - exhibition about the propaganda war

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