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A Show Up!: P.14711-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Show Up!
HB Sketches No. 216

Maker(s)

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

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Categories

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Grey and Brougham display a peep-show to John Bull (bending down and peering through a hole in a board). The board proclaims: 'RAREE SHOW / NEW VIEW / of the / GLORIOUS TRIUMPH / of / REFORM!'. Grey, in the left foreground plays pan pipes and bangs a drum and Brougham, seen in profile on the right, blows a trumpet. Hume stands next to Brougham, his finger on his nose. Althorp in centre foreground leans forward to steal a purse from John Bull's pocket. He holds out a hat to the Tsar Nicholas of Russia, who stands at the far right. Behind Althorp is Palmerston (seen from behind) who talks to Peel. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'A SHOW UP!'. The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Augt. 1st. 1832.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. No 70, St Martins Lane.'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches 216.'. See 17205_Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires_, Vol. XI, 1828-1832, M.D. George, published 1954, p.668.

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 1832-08-01

Note

Height 291mm x width 378mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14711-R
Primary reference Number: 225300
Stephens/George: 17205
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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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Show Up!" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225300 Accessed: 2024-11-25 21:11:07

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225300 |title=A Show Up! |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 21:11:07|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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