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A Great Doctor of Cannon Law: P.14741-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Great Doctor of Cannon Law
HB Sketches No. 313

Maker(s)

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

Entities

Categories

Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Wellington stands in lawyer's robes, a canon seen behind him to his left and holding a mace in his right hand. Unsigned. Title printed below the border: 'A GREAT DOCTOR OF CANNON LAW.'. The first 'N' of 'CANNON' is struckthrough. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, April 21st 1834.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. Printer's details below the border to the right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithography, 70, St Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No 313'.

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 1834-04-21

Note

Height 363mm x width 275mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14741-R
Primary reference Number: 225330
McLean: 313
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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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