print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11598
- Title
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Object: Political gladiators or a collision between two great bodies.
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 283. Portraits of two elderly men, fencing; the one standing to left (Duke of Buckingham), touching with his weapon the star on the coat of the one standing to right (Duke of Sussex). 16 August 1833
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1833
- Dimensions
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Height: 277 millimetres
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Width: 380 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:
This is an effective bodily representation of an oratorical skirmish that took place in the House of Lords between the Duke of Sussex and the late Duke of Buckingham. The Duke of Sussex had presided at a meeting held at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of adopting some appropriate mode of testifying the public admiration of Captain Napier's exploit against the fleet of Don Miguel. The Duke, of Buckingham sharply rebuked the illustrious Duke for giving his countenance to what amounted to a violation of the neutrality which England was bound to observe between the contending parties in Portugal, and the illustrious Duke displayed considerable spirit and energy in his defence.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11598