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"The Gift of Tongues": P.14699-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The Gift of Tongues"
HB Sketches No. 168

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). Grey, in the role of preacher, stands in a high pulpit on the right, addressing his congregation. John Bull is the figure standing at centre left who is 'speaking in tongues'. Other recognisable figures are: Brougham, in the Clerk's seat below the pulpit; Burdett and Hobhouse sitting on the bench opposite the pulpit; sitting below the pupit are, Lord John Russell (among unidentified heads), Lord Westmorland (seen from behind and raising his right leg), Althorp, Peel, Wellington. Behind and to the right is Aberdeen and beside him is Cumberland, who gives smelling salts to Eldon, who is dressed as an old woman at the far right. King William IV is seen sitting behind, asleep and resting his head on a cushion, his hands over his head. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: "THE GIFT OF TONGUES". The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket, Novr. 26th 1831.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No 168.'. See 16818,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp.538-9.

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 1831-11-26

Note

Height 377mm x width 291mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14699-R
Primary reference Number: 225288
Stephens/George: 16818
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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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