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"You May Know A Man By The Company He Keeps".: P.14719-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"You May Know A Man By The Company He Keeps".
HB Sketches No. 241

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). Three top-hatted men sitting on a bench (presumably in the House of Lords or Commons), from left to right: William Cobbett, John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later 3rd Earl Spencer) and Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby. Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet, stands behind, a cane raised to his lips. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: ' "YOU MAY KNOW A MAN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS.".' The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Feb. 14th. 1833'. 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 No. 241'.

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 1833-02-14

Note

Height 276mm x width 311mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14719-R
Primary reference Number: 225308
McLean: 241
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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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""You May Know A Man By The Company He Keeps"." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225308 Accessed: 2024-11-22 13:50:02

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