WHIG Retrenchment HB Sketches No. 102
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 group of five men. Brougham (Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778-1868; Lord Chancellor from 24 November 1830- 9 July 1834), sits at the centre, wearing a barristers wig (rather than Chancellor's wig) and holding a tricorn hat in his lap. Eldon (John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon, 1751-1838; Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and again from 1807 to 1827) and Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852; Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830) stand on the right, observing Brougham. Eldon says (printed speech in bubble above): 'We live in awful / times'. Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, 1801-1885), and Lyndhurst (John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, 1772-1863), observe him from the left. The artist's initials in monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'WHIG Retrenchment [the 'H' in 'WHIG' is unshaded]'. The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket, Decr 31st 1830.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte, 23, Leicester Sqre.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '102'. See 16398,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p. 394. A number '[102]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 394 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 1830-12-31
Height 258mm x width 350mm
Accession number: P.14673-R
Primary reference Number: 225262
Stephens/George: 16398
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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