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'Vacation Amusements. (No 1.) Pheasant Shooting!', 1840. Creator: John Doyle.
2-751-930 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images
'Vacation Amusements. (No 1.) Pheasant Shooting!', 1840. Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (right) holds a gun labelled 'Mistress of the Robes' and says 'What a noble pair of birds! I'll have at the female'. His companion, his gun labelled Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, says 'And I'll take down the other'. Satirical cartoon on British politics by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1840]
Image Details
People Information
Creator
- John Doyle, attributed to: British; Irish: Artist, caricaturist, painter
Subject
- Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort: British: Soldier
- Emily Beaufort: British:
- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: British: Prime Minister, politician
- Constantine Henry Phipps: British: Politician, statesman and author
People Related
- Thomas McLean: British: Publisher and dealer
- Alfred Ducôte: : Artist, lithographer, printmaker, printer
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Politicians
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4705x3528
File Size : 48,631kb
Aliases
- 2Q
- 0580066906
- 2-751-930
- 2751930