The Wager: P.14746-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Wager
HB Sketches No. 319

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Satirical print

Categories

Print

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). In front of the statue of George Canning in Parliament Square; to the left, a naked Lord Fitzwilliam covers his modesty with four loaves of bread. A second figure to the right in a long, fur-timmed cloak is Lord Malmesbury. Signed with artist's monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'THE WAGER'. Below the title: 'AN ANTICIPATED EXHIBITION IN PALACE YARD.'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, May 10th 1834.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border to the right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70, St Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 319.'.

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 1834-05-10

Note

Height 382mm x width 287mm

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14746-R
Primary reference Number: 225335
McLean: 319
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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