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Leap Frog On A Level or Going Headlong to the Devil - Pl. 2: P.14685-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Leap Frog On A Level or Going Headlong to the Devil - Pl. 2
A & HB Sketches No. 126

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas
Draughtsman: Monogrammist A (with John Doyle [HB]) (After)

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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). A sequel to No. 16634 (See P.14680-R). The leapfrogging politicians are now on level ground, moving from left to right towards Hell and the Devil at the far right. Recognisable figures include Carlile, flying into the pit of Hell at the far right, papers flying from his pocket marked, 'Carliles Tracts ...'. Burdett and Cobbett are behind them with Grey and Hunt at the centre and Brougham and O'Connell to the left. Lord King and Hume are sprawled on the ground at the far left. Signed with initial and monogram at lower left: 'A & HB'. Title printed below the border: 'LEAP FROG ON A LEVEL, / or / Going Headlong to the Devil. - Pl.2.'.' The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket, May 6th, 1831.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by C. Motte, Leicester Square'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'A & HB Sketches No 126.'. The initial 'A' precedes HB's monogram to indicate additional authorship of the design. See George, introduction, xlviii. See 16671,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 478-9. P.14684-R is another impression of the same number.

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 1831-05-06

Note

Height 272mm x width 377mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14685-R
Primary reference Number: 225274
Stephens/George: 16671
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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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