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Anticipated Radical Meeting: P.14681-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Anticipated Radical Meeting
HB Sketches No. 121

Maker(s)

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

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Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Henry Hunt, seen from behind, his right fist punching the air, speaks to an enthusiastic crowd of Radicals: 'Will the bill I ask, do away with / places and pensions? (cheers) ...'. He stands in a cart with painted lettering on the exterior: 'HUNT'S / MATCH[LESS BLACKING]'. The cart contains blacking jars. Sugden stands at the far left holding a placard with lettering: 'HUNT / THE MATCHLESS / REFORMER'. Other recognisable figures are: Peel, Goulburn, Twiss, Wetherell, Wellington, Ellenborough, Aberdeen, Cumberland, Eldon. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: '_ANTICIPATED_ RADICAL MEETING.'. The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket, April 20th, 1831.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte'. Printed at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 121'. See 16636,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p. 464.

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 1831-04-20

Note

Height 358mm x width 281mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14681-R
Primary reference Number: 225270
Stephens/George: 16636
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 18 September 2023 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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