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A Venerable Spider & A Buzzing Fly (A Fable): P.14716-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Venerable Spider & A Buzzing Fly (A Fable)
HB Sketches No. 230

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 weak impression with a diagonal crease across the paper from centre left to lower right. A spider's web, with Talleyrand as the spider at upper right. The fly at centre left has Palmerston's head. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'A VENERABLE SPIDER & A BUZZING FLY. (A FABLE)'. Below the title: 'For the moral thereof vide No.619 of the John Bull.'. The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Nov. 9th 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.]. Poorly inked. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 230'. See 17298_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p.700.

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 1832-11-09

Note

Height 280mm x width 338mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14716-R
Primary reference Number: 225305
Stephens/George: 17298
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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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