The Coquet / or / A Political Courtship HB Sketches No. 92
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). Brougham (Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778-1868; Lord Chancellor from 24 November 1830- 9 July 1834), on the left, wears a judge's wig and band combined with the bodice and skirt of a broom girl, a broom between his legs, and turned coyly away from Lord Grey (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 1764-1845; Prime Minister from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834). Lord Grey holds up a chancellor's wig in his left hand (printed speech inside a bubble above): 'Can you refuse so fine a head dress? ...'. Brougham's head is inclined towards Grey with a crafty expression (printed speech inside a bubble above): 'Ah! don't ask me? - you know / I said _twice over_ I wouldn't / take anything'. The artist's initials in monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'THE COQUET / or / A Political Courtship'. The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket - / Novr 23rd 1830.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '92'. See 16339,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 371-2. A number '[92]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 371 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:
AD 1830-11-23
Height 263mm x width 321mm
Accession number: P.14669-R
Primary reference Number: 225258
Stephens/George: 16339
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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