The _Exeter Cat_ and _Plymouth_ _Mouse_: P.14733-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The _Exeter Cat_ and _Plymouth_ _Mouse_
HB Sketches No. 294

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Satirical print

Categories

Print

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). A weak impression. A cat (Bishop of Exeter) wearing ecclesiastical robes and bands, with a bishop's hat falling off its head, crouches in the right foreground watching a tiny man (Lord John Russell) lift the lid of a small box in the left background marked: 'The freedom of the Town of Plymouth'. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'THE _EXETER CAT_ AND _PLYMOUTH_ _MOUSE_'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Jan. 1st 1834.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border to the right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70 St Martins Lane.'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No 294'.

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 1834-01-01

Note

Height 260mm x width 387mm

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14733-R
Primary reference Number: 225322
McLean: 294
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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