A specimen of the possible ; Ledgerdemain by a cunning man

Description

Title: A specimen of the possible ; Ledgerdemain by a cunning man
Creator: Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 September 1833]
Publication Place: London and [London] : [A. Ducotes]
Publisher: T. McLean
Abstract: Two individually titled images. On the top a Black judge wearing the robes of his office sits on a bench as he shakes hands with the Duke of Wellington. In the image below a magician twirls a wand over the heads of John Bull with the word "Taxation" in a cloud above his head and over a poor, ragged man carrying a bundle labeled "Irish Tithes."
Description: Titles from text below images.
Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher from magazine in which this image was first issued: "Published on the first of every month by Thos. McLean, 27 Haymarket, London". Lithographer also from page 1: "A Ducote's lithogy., 70 St. Martins Lane". Date of publication from series numbering "Vol. 4th, Sepr. 1st, 1833" on first page of magazine. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.12334.
Imperfect; end of printed series statement (including series numbering) has been partially burnished from sheet.
Provenance: David M. Lesser; November 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 44 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English