Type of the New Series of the Satirist
Date1812
Artist
William Henry Brooke
(Irish painter and illustrator, 1772–1860)
Illustration CitationThe Satirist, August 1812
MediumEtching with hand-coloring
Dimensionsplate: 7 7/16 × 14 1/4 in. (18.9 × 36.2 cm)
sheet: 8 × 14 7/8 in. (20.3 × 37.8 cm)
sheet: 8 × 14 7/8 in. (20.3 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-468
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextWilliam Henry Brooke was a painter and illustrator. The Satirist was a British newspaper published from 1831 to 1849. It gained popularity with its provocative treatment of the London elite, especially loyalists of the monarchy.