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A Great Economist: P.14647-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Great Economist
HB Sketches No. 37

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas

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Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Scene in an interior featuring King George IV (1762-1830) seated on a sofa reading a folded newspaper, title visible: 'The Mor...', by the light of a candle which he holds in his right hand. A snuffed out candle stands in a candlestick on the circular table in front of him. The artist's initials in monogram at lower right: 'HB'. Text printed below the border at lower left: 'Reads - New Farringdon Market, Beef-Prime parts / 6d.pr.lb. The Choicest cuts 61/2 d. Title printed below the border at lower centre and contained inside a printed box: 'A GREAT ECONOMIST'. Text printed below the border at lower right: '- These Windsor fellows charge me 71/2d & 8d. - It's too much. / - I'll not pay it - Can't afford such extravagance.'. Printed below across the full width of the paper: ' "His Majesty reads the newspapers without the aid of glasses and by _the light of a single candle_"!!! see Windsor Correspondent - _Morning Herald_'. Printed below the border enclosing the text at the centre, the lower edges of the letters cropped slightly: 'Published Jany 9th 1830 by Thomas McLean, 26. Haymarket'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '37'. See 16007,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 253-254. A number '[37]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 253 relates to the handwritten number at upper right, both referencing the sequence of John Doyle's Political Sketches series.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1830-01-09

Note

Height 272mm x width 314mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14647-R
Primary reference Number: 225236
Stephens/George: 16007
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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