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A _Fancy_ Sketch: P.14766-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A _Fancy_ Sketch
HB Sketches No. 338

Maker(s)

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

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Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). Two portly men are engaged in a fist-fight at the centre, Daniel O'Connell on the left and Lord Althorp on the right. They are surrounded by onlookers. From the left: Edward Southwell Ruthven, Richard Lalor Shiel (holding a bottle in the air), Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Sir Robert Peel and Sir Robert Harry Inglis (all three at the centre), Thomas Spring Rice (holding a bottle) and Edward John Littleton, who says: "We are beat! - we give in!". John Bull stands at the far right holding a pocket watch with Lord Brougham just seen beside him on the right. Signed with artist's monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'A _FANCY_ SKETCH'. Below the title: 'Shewing a select specimen of the _Cross-Palpable_'. The publisher's details printed below the border to the left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, August 11th, 1834.'. A small, circular blind stamp at lower left: 'THOs. MCLEAN'. The printer's details are not given. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 338. P.14765-R is another impression.

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 1834-08-11

Note

Height 290mm x width 400mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14766-R
Primary reference Number: 225355
McLean: 338
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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) "A _Fancy_ Sketch" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225355 Accessed: 2024-03-29 08:12:49

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