Portfolio of Caricatures

mid-19th century

Not on view

This group of unbound prints arrived at the Museum contained in portfolio covers where they had been placed by a previous owner. The boards are drilled with holes and covered with ornamental paper, and the front cover decorated with a lithograph (ca. 1843) that shows Prince Albert driving Queen Victoria and three of their children in an open carriage. Many of the prints are political caricatures from the 1830s.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Portfolio of Caricatures
Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
Artist: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
Publisher: Mssrs. Fores (London)
Date: mid-19th century
Medium: Etchings and lithographs
Dimensions: sketchbooks: 9 1/16 × 13 3/16 in. (23 × 33.5 cm)
portfolio: 9 1/8 × 11 15/16 in. (23.2 × 30.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Portfolios
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.5(1–54)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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H(C)annibalism or an Irish Stew, John Doyle Irish, Hand-colored lithograph — H(C)annibalism or an Irish Stew
Multiple artists/makers
August 5, 1833

The State Cerberus, A Leaf Out of the Ænead, Freely Translated, John Doyle Irish, Lithograph — The State Cerberus, A Leaf Out of the Ænead, Freely Translated
Multiple artists/makers
December 11, 1834

Great Eclipse of 1836, Seen Through a Cloud, Shortly Before it Reached its Greatest Obscuration

Multiple artists/makers

1836

A Greenwich Pensioner!, John Doyle Irish, Lithograph — A Greenwich Pensioner!
Multiple artists/makers
April 3, 1838

Taking Up a Fare – "All the World's A Stage", John Doyle Irish, Lithograph — Taking Up a Fare – "All the World's A Stage"
Multiple artists/makers
May 24, 1837

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