A late scene at Hounslow at the sign of the Red Lion: P.14706-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A late scene at Hounslow at the sign of the Red Lion
HB Sketches No. 198

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas

Entities

Satirical print

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Grey (left) and Brougham (right) sit together at a dinner table. Grey says: 'B_ I fear the worst. / If you have faith in omens, / listen! as I entered this House / I though I saw - I say I _thought_ / I saw the sign of a _Red Lion._ *'. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'A LATE SCENE AT HOUNSLOW AT THE / SIGN OF THE _RED_ _LION_'. Below the title [relating to Grey's speech]: '* "Take any shape by that, and my firm nerves shall never tremble" Macbeth'. The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, May 16th 1832.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70 St Martins Lane.'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches 198.'. See 17058,_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p.618.