Current Location: In storage
Titles
"A Wild Elephant _led_ Between Two Tame Ones".
HB Sketches No. 47
Maker(s)
Printmaker:
Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher:
McLean, Thomas
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Description
Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A male figure (Ellenborough; Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough,1790-1871) with right hand pulling at uncombed hair and wearing a scowl with a copy of _The Times_ at his feet, stands between two other male figures, Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852; Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830) to the left and Peel (Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, 1788-1850; Prime Minister, 1834–1835 and 1841–1846) to the right, who each hold one of his arms. A speech bubble from Ellenborough's mouth: 'What shall I do?'. Speech bubble from Wellington: 'Control your grief my dear Friend- / you have been _indiscreet_, but you / shall not lose your Place - assume / a bold front as I am wont to do - / There is nothing like carrying things / with a high hand.'. Speech bubble from Peel: 'Be consoled, G- B- says he has / hit upon a nice little device which / he hopes will bring you off with the / C.....ns'. The artist's initials in monogram at lower centre (on newspaper): 'HB'. Title and publisher details printed below the border at lower centre: ' "A WILD ELEPHANT _led_ BETWEEN TWO TAME ONES". / Published by Thomas McLean 26 Haymarket, Feby 16th. 1830.'. Handwritten in graphite at upper right: '47'. See 16038,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, pp. 264-5. A number '[47]' printed in square brackets in the right-hand margin on p. 264 relates to the handwritten number at upper right, both referencing the sequence of John Doyle's Political Sketches series.
Legal notes
Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895
