drawing; print study

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

Object Type: drawing; print study
Museum number: 1882,1209.403
Description: Coroner's inquest upon the body of the late administration, study for a satirical print in the series 'Political Sketches', published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; Tories and Radicals discuss Grey's resignation of 9 May, standing in groups or sitting, with John Bull on the extreme l, and Wharncliffe, Harrowby, Hume, O'Connell, Wellington, Caernarvon, Burdett, Lyndhurst, Aberdeen and Ellenborough among other figures, the main figures inscribed with speech. 1832 Pen and black ink with red chalk and graphite
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1832
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 238 millimetres; Width: 347 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Study for Political Sketch No 197, BM Sat. 17057.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics
Associated names: Portrait of: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Portrait of: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe; Portrait of: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Portrait of: Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby; Portrait of: Joseph Hume; Portrait of: Daniel O'Connell; Portrait of: Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet; Portrait of: Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough; Portrait of: George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; Portrait of: John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; Portrait of: Henry George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1882,1209.403

Free entry

Opening hours