A Pair of Very Riotous Fellows alias Radicals of the New School HB Sketches No. 56
Printmaker:
Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher:
McLean, Thomas
Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A pair of men, swaggering drunkenly in the foreground, the taller and younger of the two is Lord Stanhope (Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, 1805-1875) links arms with the older, miserable-looking man, Lord Eldon (John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon, 1751-1838), who has his hands in his pockets. A third figure, Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852; Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830), dressed as one of the New Police, stands in the background to the left. Printed speech above him contained inside a speech bubble: 'I say my worthies can't you go on / quietly & not make such a confounded / noise - why you will frighten all the old / women out of their wits.-'. Printed speech in a speech bubble above Lord Stanhope: 'That's a pretty thing to say to people in / our desperate condition! _Go on quietly_ & / _don't make a noise!_'. Printed speech inside a speech bubble above Lord Eldon: 'I can tell you my fine fellew! [sic] / that you must submit to hear _more noise_ unless something be / done for the people _ I know the / _law_ as well as you or any man / in England - and D-me! I'll / make as much noise as I like.'. The artist's initials in monogram at lower right: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'APair [sic] of VERY RIOTOUS FELLOWS alias RADICALS of the NEW SCHOOL. / "Ye Little Stars (Such as Hunt & Cobbett) hide your diminished heads" '. The publisher's details printed above the title, below the border: 'London Pubd by McLEAN'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '56'. See 16075 and 16075A. 'A close copy (or the original)', the spelling of 'fellew' corrected to 'fellow' and published by Edward McLean, March 1830,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 278-9. A number '[56]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 278 relates to the handwritten number at upper right, both referencing the sequence of John Doyle's Political Sketches series.
Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895
Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1830-03
Height 290mm x width 320mm
Accession number: P.14658-R
Primary reference Number: 225247
Stephens/George: 16075
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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