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Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, The Ass and the Sick Lion, 1849
- Title:
The Ass and the Sick Lion
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1849
- Medium:
- Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 11/16 x 17 3/16 inches (29.7 x 43.7 cm), Image: 9 15/16 x 13 7/16 inches (25.3 x 34.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"
Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 915"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left below image: "Published by T McLean, 26 Haymarket July 24, 1849"; lower center: "THE ASS AND THE SICK LION."; lower right: "Printed at 70 St Martins Lane"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14685
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | animals | ass (donkey) | donkey | faces | genre subject | kicking | lion | political | politicians | satire | satirical | sick | sketches
- Associated People:
- Copley, John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst (1772 - 1863), Lord Chancellor
Campbell, John, first Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779–1861), lord chancellor - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49400
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