Repose

Description

Title: Repose
Creator: Doyle, John, 1797-1868, printmaker
Contributor: Netherclift, Joseph, 1792-1863.
McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: July 10, 1829.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift, 8 Newman St.
Abstract: In profile to the right, Wellington wearing a top-hat sits with folded arms and closed eyes, his legs supported on a second upright chair; a wicker basket beside him overflows with crumpled papers. Facing him (right) a secretary writes at a table piled with papers and ledgers; behind him too is a box filled with paper. A tribute to the Duke's well-known industry
Description: Title from text below image.
Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle.
Trimmed to plate mark on sides and top edges.
Small rectangle-shape cut from the lower left corner of sheet with no loss.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; July 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 29 x 36.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English