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Conversation At Whites: P.14672-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Conversation At Whites
HB Sketches No. 101

Maker(s)

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

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Categories

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A group of three men wearing top hats. The figure (unidentified) wearing boots states (printed speech in a bubble): 'Of course vested / Interests will be / respected'. Lord Sefton (Charles William Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton, 1796-1855), with his back to the fire at far right, says (printed speech in a bubble): 'How! no such thing / as vested Interests in / our days'. The figure at the centre, with his back to the viewer, has been identified as Burdett (Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet, 1770-1844). A fourth figure seated at a table and holding up a newspaper at the far left, in an aside to the viewer (printed speech in a bubble above): 'That is one of S-ft-n's / peculiar hits! agad! I'll / send it as a hint to HB'. The artist's initials in monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'CONVERSATION AT WHITES.'. The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket, Decr 30th 1830.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte, 23, Leicester Sqr.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '101'. See 16397,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 393-4. A number '[101]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 393 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 1830-12-30

Note

Height 277mm x width 328mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14672-R
Primary reference Number: 225261
Stephens/George: 16397
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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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