Madam Blubber's Last Shift or The Aerostatic Dilly.
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Object Details
Date
April 29, 1784
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored etching of a caricature with satiric commentary and a political song. Top of the engraving shows a scene of a balloon made from Madam Blubber's skirt with two men in the gondola. They are aloft above a city with figures watching below. Each person has a speech bubble, including Madam Blubber. Below the scene are the lyrics to the political song, and a caption for the caricature.
'Pub. April 29th 1784 by H. Humphreys Bond Street.'
Dimensions
Mat: 40.6 × 33cm (16 × 13 in.)
Unmatted: 33.7 × 25.1cm (13 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.) Inventory Number
A20140508000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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