print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0808.13708
Description: Reduced copies of whole-length portraits in three rows: [1] Peep into Warnford Court, Lee La Chamette, a copy of No. 12907. [2] Pomfret. George Fermor, Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830, see No. 9923), in profile to the r. [3] Tongue Castle. A man in top-hat and frock-coat, holding eye-glass and furled umbrella, is in profile to the r. (? Marquis of Stafford, 1758-1823.) [4] Worcester, a copy of the original (1817) of No. 14539. [5] A Northern Thane, a copy of No. 14264. [6] A View of Burghersh, a copy of No. 14411. [7] A Late Candidate for Westminster. Sir M. Maxwell, a copy of No. 13023. [8] A Hill near Downshire. Lord Downshire, a copy of No. 12910. [9] A View of Devonshire, a copy of No. 14061. [10] Alspice—-, a copy of No. 14414. [n] King Richard, a copy of No. 14412. [12] Crying Jimmy, a copy of No. 14268. [13] My Mind's made up, a copy of No. 14056. [14] Hall's right, a copy of No. 14058. [15] A View on Change. Moses Montefiore, a copy of No. 13021. [16] Is Camomile a Drug, a copy of No.14062. [17] The But end of a Middlesex Poll, a copy of No. 14417. [18] A Portuguese Loan. N. M. Rothschild, a copy of No. 12906. (He issued in 1823 a Portuguese loan of £2,000,000, guaranteed by the Portuguese Government. Cf. Rubens, No. 242.) [19] The Market Mend's, a copy of No. 14415. [20] They'll be done We are obliged to thee, a copy of No. 14064. [21] Very like a Whale, ? Mr. Hilbers, a copy of No. 13016. [22] An Ell wide Orator, Waithman (cf. No. 13677), a copy of No. 13024. [23] Why M'shaw he's an Alderman, Sir J. Shaw, a copy of No. 13355. [24] What Joey my Boy!, a copy of No. 14267. [25] A View from "Toms". A stout man in profile to the 1., hand in trouser pocket, wearing top-hat, striped waistcoat, unbuttoned coat. A habitué of Tom's Coffee House, in Birchin Lane, cf. Nos. 5357, 7599. [26] A Worthy Baronet. A copy of No. 14063. [27] A Great Man on Change, Samuel Samuel, a copy of No. 13015. [28] A well appointed Colonel, a copy of No. 14413. 1825 Etching
Producer name: After: Richard Dighton; Published by: Thomas McLean
School/style
Production date: 1825
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 440 millimetres (approximately); Width: 601 millimetres (approximately)
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Curator's comments: (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', X, 1952) ... on two plates, usually found cut and rearranged in a long strip. One plate, the first twenty-seven titles, is [described here], the other is described [below] from a photograph of an impression in the Ashmolean Museum. See Hake, Print Collectors' Quarterly, xiii. 211. [28] A well appointed Colonel, a copy of No. 14413. [29] A Sketch from the Excise (n.d.). A man in profile to the r., in hat and frock-coat, stands with both hands on the head of his cane. (? Lord George Seymour, Chairman of the Commissioners of Excise, 19 Mar. 1822-July 1833.) [30] Westminster's Glory, a copy of No. 14055. [31] A Character in the School of Reform. J. C. Hobhouse, a copy of No. 13349. [32] Catullus, G. Lamb, a copy of No. 13356 (he translated the poems of Catullus, 1821). [33] A Spice of Pepper from the Stock of Arden, Lord Alvanley, a copy of No. 13348. [34] One of the Rakes of London, T. Raikes, a copy of No. 13018. [35] An Old Servant out of Place, a copy of No. 14253. [36] Maccullomore, the Duke of Argyll, a copy of No. 13351. [37] Best Blood & Bottom of Westmorland, a copy of No. 14265. [38] A View from Yarmouth to Hertford. The Marquis of Hertford, a copy of No. 13026. [39] A Welch Castle. Lord Gwydyr, wearing hat, single-breasted coat to the knee with Hessian boots, walks in profile to the r. Alternative title of the original: Peter the Great Chamberlain of England (n.d., ? 1821). He officiated as Deputy Great Chamberlain at the Coronation of George IV, and on the death of his mother in 1828 became Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain. [40] A Revised Edition of Horace, Horace Seymour, a copy of No. 12904. [41] A View of Glocester (original n.d.). The Duke of Gloucester, wearing top-hat and greatcoat with tight trousers, walks in profile to the r., holding a cane. [42] Up-Town. Arthur Upton, a copy of No. 12911. [43] A General View of Bolton, Sir R. Bolton, a copy of No. 12905. [44] The Best Store in the Ordnance, Wellington, a copy of No. 13353. [45] A Princely Ambassador, a copy of No. 14419. [46] A Good Whip, Lord Sefton, a copy of No. 13025. [47] An Indian Lake (original 1818, A View of a Lake). Lord Lake, wearing top-hat, long single-breasted coat and trousers, walks in profile to the r., holding a closed umbrella against his shoulder. [48] A Favorite Poodle, a copy of No. 14054. [49] Kang-kook, Col. H. F. Cooke, a copy of No. 13357. [50] A New-Gent, a copy of No. 14416. [51] The Golden Ball, Ball Hughes, a copy of No. 13352. [52] A Deceased Statesman, a copy of No. 14266. [53] A Specimen of Good Manners, a copy of No. 14269. [54] Hero of the Chase (original 1819). Col. Jolliffe stands in profile to the r., 1. hand on a stick. He wears a hat with a curiously curved brim, bent downwards fore and aft, and long wrinkled gaiters on buttoned trousers. The original plate of 1819 has been acquired [see 1949,1008.48).
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Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley; Associated with: George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll; Associated with: Mr Bowden; Associated with: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet; Associated with: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland; Associated with: Hon Frederick Gerald Finch Byng; Associated with: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry; Associated with: Sir Henry Frederick Cooke; Associated with: Sir William Curtis; Associated with: William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire; Associated with: Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire; Associated with: Prince Paul Esterházy; Associated with: James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife; Associated with: Prince William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh; Associated with: Samuel Gurney; Associated with: Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby; Associated with: Richard Heals; Associated with: Francis Charles Seymour Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford; Associated with: Mr. Hilbers; Associated with: John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton; Associated with: Edward Hughes Ball Hughes; Associated with: Joseph Hume; Associated with: Col Hylton Jolliffe; Associated with: Lee La Charmette; Associated with: Francis Gerard Lake, 2nd Viscount; Associated with: George Lamb; Associated with: Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry; Associated with: Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp; Associated with: Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury; Associated with: Capt Sir Murray Maxwell; Associated with: William Mellish; Associated with: Mr Mends; Associated with: Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet; Associated with: Sir George Nugent; Associated with: Overend; Associated with: George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret; Associated with: Thomas Raikes Junior; Associated with: Nathan Meyer Rothschild; Associated with: William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton; Associated with: Lord George Seymour; Associated with: Captain Horace Beauchamp Seymour; Associated with: Sir James Shaw; Associated with: James R. Syms; Associated with: Hon Arthur Percy Upton; Associated with: Robert Waithman; Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Associated with: John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland; Associated with: Sir Robert Thomas Wilson; Associated with: Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort; Associated with: Charles Wright
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.13708

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