Taking the water like a duck [graphic]

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Description

Title
Taking the water like a duck [graphic]
Creator
Doyle, John, 1797-1868, printmaker
Contributor
McLean, T. publisher.
General Lithographic Establishment.
Published / Created
Sepr. 29th, 1843.
Publication Place
London and England London
Publisher
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed at the General Lithc. Estabt., 70 St. Martin's Lane
Abstract

"A hen with a man's face (Sir Robert Peel), standing on a shore at right, watching over a group of ducks taking to the water (among them Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), looking at a bird with a man's face on the opposite shore (King Louis-Philippe); a cock with a man's head seen in background at far right (Duke of Wellington)."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text below image.
Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle.
Series title and number in top right.
Provenance
Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent
1 print : sheet 26.8 x 35.5 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Maidment D754 no. 8 Box 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1843
Lithographs England London 1843
Material
tinted lithograph ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Great Britain.
France.
Subject (Name)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
Subject (Topic)
Politics and government
Politicians
Kings
Ducks
Roosters
Bodies of water
Subjects
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 > Caricatures and cartoons
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861 > Caricatures and cartoons
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901
Politicians > Great Britain
Kings > France
Ducks
Roosters
Bodies of water
England > 1843
England > London > 1843
Maidment, Brian > Donor

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
99175436033408651
Object ID (OID)
33365117

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