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_Jack_ In Office: P.14782-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

_Jack_ In Office
HB Sketches No. 390

Maker(s)

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

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Description

Lithograph, hand-coloured on heavy, white laid paper. Based on Edwin Landseer's painting _A Jack in Office_, c. 1833. The 'Jack' sitting on top of the wheelbarrow is Lord John Russell. The three dogs to the right are Daniel O'Connell (sitting up on his hind legs), Lord Durham (wearing a gold collar) and Lord Brougham (cowering with his tail between his legs). In the background to the left of 'Jack' is another dog with the face of Joseph Hume. Signed with artist's monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: '_JACK_ IN OFFICE.'. Below the title: 'In which Mr Edwin Landseer's admirable Picture is made very free with'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 25th. April, 1835.'. 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. 390'.

Legal notes

Given by Mr H.F. Bird, 1916-03

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1916-03) by Bird, H.F., Mr

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1835-04-25

Note

Height 304mm x width 450mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14782-R
Primary reference Number: 225371
McLean: 390
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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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