print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11516
- Title
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Object: A constitutional tilt.
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 204. Below the title: ' "He's fat, and scant of breath."—Hamlet', and 'Which is Best'. Lord Holland (left) and Lord Wynford (right), both gouty and supported on crutches, face each other; each uses the right crutch as a foil in a very mild fencing match. Wynford, smiling, says 'a hit, a very palpable hit'. Holland: 'A touch, I do confess'. 5 June 1832
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1832
- Dimensions
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Height: 278 millimetres
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Width: 359 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- With eye-shaped blindstamp at bottom left, lettered with 'Subscribers copy' and HB's monogram at centre.
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
A comment on the debate of 24 May, on amendments in committee to the Reform Bill, which seems to reverse the relative positions in an interchange between Holland and Wynford (J. D. Best), an ex-C.J. of the Common Pleas, a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Holland accused him of displaying "ignorance of the constitutional history of the country", and also of the provisions of the Bill. Wynford complained that Holland's observations were unwarranted, and that he had violated the courtesy of the House. 'Parl. Deb.', 3rd s. xiii. 23-7. The print appears in No. 17222.
Pen and pencil sketch; on the verso is that for No. 17106. Binyon, ii. 55.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11516
