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Mazeppa (on a Grey Horse): P.14712-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mazeppa (on a Grey Horse)
HB Sketches No. 219

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). A prequel to No. 228 (See P.14714-R). Based on the well-known oil painting of 1826, _Mazeppa and The Wolves_, by Horace Vernet (which was also reproduced as a print). King William IV is seen lashed to the back of a dapple horse branded 'REFORM'. Four wolves with human heads (unidentifed) at lower left. Two more wolves with human heads at upper right, one of which is identified as Wellington. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'MAZEPPA (On a Grey Horse)'. The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Augt. 7th. 1832.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70, St Martins Lane.'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches 219.'. See 17223_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp.673-4.

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 1832-08-07

Note

Height 292mm x width 407mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14712-R
Primary reference Number: 225301
Stephens/George: 17223
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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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