print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration
Museum number: 1873,0712.1296
Title: Object: Lord Londonderry as Marmaduke Magog.
Description: Londonderry, in the costume of c. 1750 (in the play the 'Wreck Ashore'), sits on the ground, his wig awry, holding up a constable's staff. After playing low comedy in the Lords (cf. No. 17004) he will go on the stage, excelling in drunken parts and in idiots.; proof before the published state. Wood-engraving
Producer name: After: Robert Seymour; Print made by: H Burrows; Print made by: Welch
School/style: British
Production date: 1832 (circa)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: wood-engraving
Dimensions: Height: 160 millimetres (sheet); Width: 110 millimetres (sheet)
Curator's comments: For bound volume of 'Figaro in London' Vol.1 1832 see 1870,1008.1467 - 1937 and 1870,1008.1500 for this impression.; In a bound volume containing "Figaro in London" Vols. I and II (1832- 1833). Subsequent volumes (III, IV, V, VI and VII) are kept at 298*.a.20 to 22. For group record for Vols. I to VI see 1870, 1008.1467-1937. Vol. VII is registered separately as 1982,U.4511.
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (17199)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Associated names: Associated with: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Associated with: Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover; Associated with: John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; Associated with: Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle; Associated with: Sir Robert Peel; Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Associated with: Sir Charles Wetherell; Associated with: Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter; Associated with: Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry; Associated with: Lady Sarah Garay Lyndhurst; Associated with: Right Hon Spencer Perceval; Associated with: Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards; Associated with: William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Donated by: Lewis Pocock
Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1873,0712.1296