print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.12138
Title: Object: A lesson in elephant riding!; Series: Political Sketches
Description: No. 805. A man at right (Sir Henry Hardinge) helped to his seat on an Indian elephant by two men, one holding his right arm (Sir Robert Peel), the other holding him under his left arm (James Weir Hogg); a man standing next to the elephant at left, trying to control it by with a stick (Duke of Wellington); at left, a man thrown by the elephant (Lord Ellenborough), touching his knee with a painful expression, helped by a man standing at far left (Henry Peter Brougham). 14 May 1844 Lithograph, printed in fawn and black inks
Producer name: Print made by: John Doyle (HB); Printed by: General Lithographic Establishment; Published by: Thomas McLean
School/style: British
Production date: 1844
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: lithograph; colour
Dimensions: Height: 275 millimetres; Width: 355 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For preliminary drawing see 1882,1209.577
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Representation of: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Representation of: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Representation of: Sir Robert Peel; Representation of: Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge; Representation of: Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough; Representation of: James Weir Hogg, 1st Baronet Hogg
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.12138

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