print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11549
- Title
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Object: The Waits.
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 237. John Bull standing in the open window on the first floor of a house, requesting French music from a quartet of musicians standing in the street; the violinist (Duke of Wellington), standing in profile to left, holding a violin in his left hand and a bow in his right hand, refuses; the cellist (Lord Aberdeen), flutist (Sir Robert Peel) and trombonist (Lord Ellenborough) standing behind him to right, playing their instruments. 14 January 1833
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1833
- Dimensions
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Height: 404 millimetres
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Width: 287 millimetres (approximately)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:
This little band is composed of the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Ellenborough. The Duke is, of course, the leader: Lord Aberdeen handles the violoncello, the flute is breathed by Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Ellenborough sounds the trombone. They have wearied John Bull with their old-fashioned strains. John has taken up the humour of liking novelties, and, in perfect contempt for the melodies of native composers, calls for the Marseillaise and the Parisienne. But the leader "does not play them 'ere tunes." Not he- he would rather burn his fiddle; and so these waits are likely to wait a little longer before they receive John Bull's patronage.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11549