print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11635
- Title
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Object: Orpheus drawing iron tears down Pluto's cheek.
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 318. A man standing in profile to left, posing as Orpheus (Thomas Spring Rice), playing the harp for a man seated on a throne in centre, posing as Pluto (Joseph Hume), moving him to large tears; a three-headed dog, Cerberus, seated next to the throne to right, listening to the music. 5 May 1834
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1834
- Dimensions
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Height: 282 millimetres (approximately; trimmed)
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Width: 386 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:
The passage in Mr. Spring Rice's speech on the Repeal of the Union, which the present sketch is designed to per-petuate, runs thus:- "This House has not withheld from Irish affairs its best attention, or its most liberal encouragement. My strongest proof, and my most powerful witness, is my honourable and economical friend, the mem-ber for Middlesex (Mr. Hume). Even he has been known to relent in favour of Ireland. If we have not been called upon to 'draw iron tears down Pluto's cheek,' we have accomplished a greater miracle still - we have extracted from our Pluto liberal votes in supply, whenever they could be justly applied for, or wisely granted." The idea, as expressed by Mr. Spring Rice, was good; but the force and fidelity with which H.B. has carried it out, are beyond all praise.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11635