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Object details:

Title: Madam Blubber's Last Shift or The Aerostatic Dilly.
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20140508000

	Title
	Madam Blubber's Last Shift or The Aerostatic Dilly.

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92382834d-dee8-4eaa-bd7f-b834e991b619

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Medium
	Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored

	Dimensions
	Mat: 40.6 × 33cm (16 × 13 in.)

	Dimensions
	Unmatted: 33.7 × 25.1cm (13 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

	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.

	Physical Description
	'Pub. April 29th 1784 by H. Humphreys Bond Street.'

	Credit Line
	Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

	Inventory Number
	A20140508000

	Date
	April 29, 1784

	Type
	ART-Prints, Original

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