A Peep into the State Farm Yard HB Sketches No. 103
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). Althorp (John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, 1782-1845; Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1830 to 1834) and Grey (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 1764-1845; Prime Minister from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834), dressed as farmers, inspect an enormous cow which is munching coins from a manger on the left. Grey, on the right asks: 'What shall we do with these of the sinecure breed? ...'. Althorp puts his right hand on the rump of the cow and says: 'I mean to get rid of them altogether _if I can_ ...'. The artist's initials in monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: A PEEP into the STATE FARM YARD'. The publisher's details printed below: 'London, Published by Thos McLean, 26 Haymarket, Jany. 8th, 1831.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte, 23, Leicester Sqre.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '103'. See 16548,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p. 432. A number '[103]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 432 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 1831-01-08
Height 294mm x width 391mm
Accession number: P.14674-R
Primary reference Number: 225263
Stephens/George: 16548
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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