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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Rude Britannia: Tate Britain's ribald revival of satiric art

Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Thomas Rowlandson: A French Dentist Showing a Specimen of His Artificial Teeth and False Palates (1811)
Photograph: Tate Britain
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
William Hogarth: O the Roast Beef of Old England ('The Gate of Calais'), 1748
Photograph: Tate Britain
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
William Hogarth: A Rake's Progress, plate 8 (1735)
Photograph: Courtesy of Andrew Edmunds
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Donald McGill: A Stick of Rock, Cock? (1952)
Photograph: The British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent/Donald McGill Archive
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Sarah Lucas: Chicken Knickers (1997)
Photograph: Tate Britain
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Gerald Scarfe: Ptorydactyl (1989)
Photograph: Gerald Scarfe/Tate Photography
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
David Shrigley: I'm Dead (2007)
Photograph: Tate Britain
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
John Isaacs: If Not Now Then When
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Kennard Phillipps: Photo Op (2005)
Photograph: Tate Britain
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
A visitor looks at a giant copy of Viz Comic magazine
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Angus Fairhurst: The Problem With Banana Skins Divided/Inverted (1998)
Photograph: Estate of Angus Fairhurst, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Beryl Cook: Ladies' Night (Ivor Dickie), 1981
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP
Rude Britannia: Rude Britannia
Comedian Harry Hill in front of Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson's Death to the Fascist Fruit Boys (2010)
Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features
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