Questioning a ministerial candidate, or, A tolerable specimen of true Whiggery The hangman coming for his due, or, A call at Apsley House / [graphic]

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Title
Questioning a ministerial candidate, or, A tolerable specimen of true Whiggery The hangman coming for his due, or, A call at Apsley House / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Tolerable specimen of true Whiggery
Creator
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Contributor
Drake, G., active 1832-1836, publisher.
Published / Created
[approximately 1833]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Abstract

"First panel: crowd of citizens questioning an ignorant Whig on a platform with other members of the party; second panel: hangman on the point of opening the door of Duke of Wellington's cell."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Titles from item.
Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left corner of second panel of design.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
Design consists of two panels side by side, each individually titled.
Wood engraving with letterpress text.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint and series statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Numbered "87" in brown ink in top left corner of second panel of design.
No. 87.
Provenance
Grosvenor Prints; September 2018.
Extent
1 print : sheet 24.3 x 36 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1833
Wood engravings
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
wood engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Name)
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Apsley House (London, England),
Subject (Topic)
Politicians
Stages (Platforms)
Crowds
Executioners
Ropes
Subjects
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Apsley House (London, England)
Politicians > England
Stages (Platforms)
Crowds
Executioners
Ropes
England > 1833
19th century

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13976626
Object ID (OID)
16720975

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