NPG D48094 in 360°

This plastic dog toy reproduces Thatcher's puppet from Spitting Image, the satirical television series which first aired in 1984. The programme had a huge following and the image of a masculine and maniacal Thatcher became ubiquitous and readily recognised.

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Margaret Thatcher
by Spitting Images Productions Ltd
painted plastic, 1985
NPG D48094
Photographs © National Portrait Gallery, London