drawing; print study

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Object Type: drawing; print study
Museum number: 1882,1209.439
Description: A leaf out of Nicolas Nickleby; study for a satirical print in the series 'Political Sketches', published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; O'Connell and Lord Normanby, Morgan O'Connell and Lord Morpeth embracing each other at parting on the Dublin steamboat pier. 1839 Black chalk Verso: A design for a Nelson monument; Nelson on a chariot inscribed with his name, with Neptune and Britannia on either side, and three further sketches of the same subject, at the time when the Nelson Column was being projected. 1839 Black chalk and pen and brown ink
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Production date: 1839
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Dimensions: Height: 257 millimetres; Width: 330 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Study for Political Sketch No 582.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics; monument
Associated names: Portrait of: Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby; Portrait of: Daniel O'Connell; Portrait of: George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle; Portrait of: Morgan O'Connell; Associated with: Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron and Viscount Nelson; Associated with: Charles Dickens
Associated places: Associated with: Dublin (city)
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Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1882,1209.439

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