A Classical Subject! "Demitto auviculas, ut uniquoe asellus, Cum gravius dorso subiit onus_"

May 10, 1836
Not on view

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  • Title: A Classical Subject! "Demitto auviculas, ut uniquoe asellus, Cum gravius dorso subiit onus_"
  • Series/Portfolio: HB Sketches, No. 436
  • Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
  • Lithographer: Alfred Ducôte (British, active 1830–40)
  • Subject: Lord John Russell (British, 1792–1878)
  • Subject: Sir Robert Peel (British, Bury 1788–1850 London)
  • Subject: Daniel O'Connell (Irish, Cahirciveen, Kerry 1775–1847 Genoa)
  • Subject: Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (British, 1799–1869)
  • Subject: George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (British, 1802–1864)
  • Date: May 10, 1836
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 16 1/8 in. (29.7 × 41 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.757.5(25)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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