Catalogue Number
NMLH.2005.25
Object Name
Painting
Title
'With apologies To Wm Hogarth, I. And G. Cruickshank, Peter Pluck, James Gillray And Richard Newton'
Place
Falkland Islands, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
People
William Hogarth, John Wilkes, William Pitt, Margaret Thatcher, John Major
Events
Peterloo Massacre, Falklands War
Date
2000
Creator(s)
Bell, Steve
Description
Steve Bell produced this print as a commission for People's History Museum's 2000-2001 exhibition 'Hung Drawn and Caricatured'. He depicts well known prints in our collection and adds cartoon images of Margaret Thatcher as an Admiral and John Major hanging by his underwear. His pen is pricking each of the cartoons within the work, and it is intending to show connections between modern political satire and that from previous centuries.
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