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A Tale of a Cab / The Tables turned in Arlington Street: P.14686-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Tale of a Cab / The Tables turned in Arlington Street
HB Sketches No. 135

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas
Draughtsman: Monogrammist A (with John Doyle [HB]) (After)

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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 horse-drawn cab is parked outside Lord Sefton's house at 21 Arlington Street. Lord Sefton sits in the driver's seat of the cab: 'How fortunate I learnt the Trade / of a Jarvy - but for it & my Old / _Cab_ which I saved from the fire, I / would now be just as badly off as / the rest of them - '. Two men, Hunt (left) and Cobbett (right) stand in front of the doorway at the far right. Signed with initial and monogram at lower left: 'A & HB'. The initial 'A' precedes HB's monogram to indicate additional authorship of the design. See George, introduction, xlviii. Title printed below the border: 'A TALE of a CAB. / The Tables turned in Arlington Street. (Scene laid in 1832.)'.' The publisher's details printed below: 'Published by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket, June 16th, 1831.'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'Printed by [C. Motte], 70, St Martins Lane'. The printer's name excised in this impression. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No 135.'. See 16712,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p.497.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1831-06-16

Note

Height 295mm x width 383mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14686-R
Primary reference Number: 225275
Stephens/George: 16712
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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