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Political cartoon relating to the Charter of the East India Company
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1756-1811
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Width: 46.8 cm
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p. 15
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Inscription: Recto, all in graphite, artist’s hand: upper left (on placard on building roof), hard to read: "Henson Ward [?] / To be Let"; upper right (on sail of leftmost ship), hard to read: "Northern [?] Windsor [?] / S[...]argo"; upper right (on sail of ship at right): "India / Fleet"; right centre (within globe), hard to read: "Bu[...] [?]";lower right (behind putto): "South Sea"; lower centre edge: "The Spirit of Delusion"; lower centre, completely abraded when mount removed so no longer legible; lower right, graphite, signed?: "Isaac Cruikshank". Verso: lower left, graphite, hard to read: "3/4 Bkbrd[?]"; lower right, graphite: "D/"; lower right, graphite: "#5".
Label: Adhered to verso, lower right, white, fragment, written on in brown ink: "11".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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