print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11634
- Title
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Object: The rivals.
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 317. An elderly couple seated on a garden bench under a tree: the man, to right (Pozzo di Borgo) talking with passion to a man dressed as a woman, to left (Louis-Philippe), who listens with approval; a man wearing a top hat and cloak (Lord Durham) standing to left in the shadow of the tree, turning away in profile to left, but with his head turned to look to front; part of a large building in background to left. 30 April 1834
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1834
- Dimensions
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Height: 282 millimetres
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Width: 363 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:
In April, 1834, Lord Durham, accompanied by Mr. Edward Ellice, paid a visit to Paris, a circumstance which gave rise to much speculation as to the objects of the noble Lord and his companion. Several stories, relative to his reception by Louis Philippe, and the failure of his designs, appeared in the opposition papers; and among them it was said, that Lord Durham endeavoured to intercede on behalf of the Polish refugees; and that his intercession was rendered ineffectual by the remonstrances of Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Minister. From this story the present sketch is taken. It represents Louis Philippe as a buxom female, listening with seeming approbation to the suit of Prince Pozzo di Borgo, and Lord Durham as a rival suitor, stung by jealousy, turning away from the scene in manifest disgust.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11634