drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1882,1209.469
- Description
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The omnibus race; study for a satirical print in the series 'Political Sketches', published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; The Tory coach inscribed "BILLY" , with John Bull inside, leaving the Whigs, with the Queen and Prince Consort, in spite of the whipping of the horses (Morpeth and Russell) by O'Connell on a coach inscribed "St GI[L]ES DOY[...]", in a scene inscribed with speech. 1840
Pen and brown ink and graphite
Verso: The Beggar's Petition; O'Connell as an Irishwoman, carrying a baby and with a group of starving children in his train, presenting a Beggar's Petition to Lord Morpeth, who drops his Bill for the Suppression of Mendicity in Ireland, while Mr Shiel squats at O'Connell's feet. 1840
Pen and brown ink and graphite
- Production date
- 1840
- Dimensions
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Height: 283 millimetres
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Width: 414 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Study for Political Sketch No 633.
Verso: Study for Political Sketch No 631.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Bill for the Suppression of Mendicity in Ireland 1840
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,1209.469
