IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225358 accession number: P.14769-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Lord Brougham balances on a tightrope holding a long pole, with weights at either end labelled 'TORYISM' and 'WHIGGISM'. An orchestra playing below at the far right plays from 'music' with titles of various newspapers and is led by a man who represents _The Times_. Signed with artist's monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'THE CELEBRATED _VAUX_ HALL PERFORMER.'. Below the title: 'ON THE TIGHT ROPE.'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Sepr. 16th. 1834.'. Printer's details below the border to the right: 'Ducôté & Stephen's Lithography, 70, St. Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 341'. title: satirical print LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225358 TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1834 - 1834 creation date earliest: 1834 creation date latest: 1834 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Doyle, John (HB) maker: McLean, Thomas