print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.12146
Title: Object: The treaty between the sheep and the wolves.; Series: Political Sketches
Description: No. 813. A scene with animals with men's heads; the wolves, standing at left (from left, Henry Labouchere, holding Richard Lalor Shiel as a cub, Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Lord Russell, Lord Palmerston) making a pact with the sheep, standing at right (Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas), their leaders signing a treaty on a tree stump at centre, against the dogs, standing in foreground at right (Sir Robert Peel, William Ewart Gladstone); a bone, lettered with 'Sugar Duties', is lying on the ground at centre in foreground. 8 August 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
Production date: 1844
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: lithograph; colour
Dimensions: Height: 260 millimetres; Width: 346 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For preliminary drawing see 1882,1209.582
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Sir Robert Peel; Representation of: Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby; Representation of: Richard Lalor Shiel; Representation of: Lord John Russell (later John Russell, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell); Representation of: Thomas Slingsby Duncombe; Representation of: Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Representation of: Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone; Representation of: Sir Howard Douglas; Representation of: Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.12146

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