Receiving The Fatal News! HB Sketches No. 356
Printmaker:
Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher:
McLean, Thomas
Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A group of men sitting around a table all look towards a man (Lord Melbourne) entering from the right who says to them: "We are all out! - regularly / kicked out!". The other men are, from left to right: Lord Brougham, Lord Russell, Lord Holland, Lord Duncannon, Thomas String Rice, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Lord Auckland, Lord Palmerston and Charles Grant. Unsigned. Title printed below the border: 'RECEIVING THE FATAL NEWS!'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Decr. 1st. 1834.'. Printer's details below the border to the right: 'Ducôté & Stephen's Lithogy, 70, St. Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 356'. P.14780-R is another impression.
Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895
Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1834-12-01
Height 271mm x width 360mm
Accession number: P.14781-R
Primary reference Number: 225370
McLean: 356
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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