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Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, Poking the Old Lion, 1847

Creator:

Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Printed by General Lithographic Establishment, active ca. 1840–1847
Published by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875

Title:

Poking the Old Lion

Part Of:

Collective Title: Political Sketches

Date:

1847

Medium:

Tinted lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm), Image: 9 3/4 x 12 5/8 inches (24.7 x 32 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"

Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 875"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left below image: "Published by Tho,,s M,,cLean, 26 Haymarket, Feb,,y 8,,th 1847."; lower center: "POKING THE OLD LION."; lower right: "Printed at 70 S,,t Martins Lane"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.14651

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria
Temple, Henry, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), politician/statesman
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40688

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