IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225254 accession number: P.14665-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A cheering procession, hats raised in the air, carry aloft an effigy of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852; Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830) on a chair to which it is tied. The procession is led by Lord Winchilsea (George William Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, 5th Earl of Nottingham, 1791–1858), who holds a firebrand in his right hand and beckons to the others to follow. The four porters are the Duke of Cumberland (Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, 1771–1851; generally known as the Duke of Cumberland), Prince George (1819–1878; son of the Duke of Cumberland), Eldon (John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon, 1751-1838) and Sidmouth (Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, 1757-1844). Following after the chair at the far right, are Richmond (Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 1818-1903), the eccentric Lord Stanhope (Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, 1805-1875), who appears wild-eyed, and the Duke of Newcastle (Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1785-1851). The artist's initials in monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'GUY FAWKES / or / The Anniversary of the Popish Plot.'. The publisher's details printed below: 'London Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket, Novr 9th 1830.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte, 23, Leicester Square.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '88'. See 16302,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p. 356. A number '[88]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 356 relates to the handwritten number at upper right, both referencing the sequence of John Doyle's Political Sketches series. title: satirical print LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225254 TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1830 - 1830 creation date earliest: 1830 creation date latest: 1830 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Doyle, John (HB) maker: McLean, Thomas