drawing; print study

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Object Type: drawing; print study
Museum number: 1882,1209.610
Description: The fall of Caesar, study for a satirical print in the series 'Political Sketches', published by Thomas McLean, 1821-1851; Peel as Julius Caesar falling at the base of Melbourne's statue (inscribed "MELBOU"), struck by Bentinck, Disraeli, Russell, and Cobden. 1846 Pen and brown ink with graphite Verso: The same subject; in reverse. 1846 Pen and brown ink with graphite
Producer name: Drawn by: John Doyle (HB)
School/style: British
Production date: 1846
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 270 millimetres; Width: 435 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Study for Political Sketch No 872. Verso: Study for Political Sketch No 872.
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (272)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; politics
Associated names: Portrait of: Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; Portrait of: Sir Robert Peel; Portrait of: Lord George Bentinck; Portrait of: Lord John Russell (later John Russell, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell); Portrait of: Richard Cobden; Associated with: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; Portrait of: Daniel O'Connell
Acquisition name: Purchased from: James Edmund Doyle
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1882,1209.610

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