'Vacation Amusements. (No 1.) Pheasant Shooting!', 1840. Creator: John Doyle.

'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
  1. John Doyle, attributed to: British; Irish: Artist, caricaturist, painter
Subject
  1. Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort: British: Soldier
  2. Emily Beaufort: British:
  3. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: British: Prime Minister, politician
  4. Constantine Henry Phipps: British: Politician, statesman and author
People Related
  1. Thomas McLean: British: Publisher and dealer
  2. Alfred Ducôte: : Artist, lithographer, printmaker, printer

Medium
  1. Lithograph

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes

People Famous People

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

People Other

History & Politics Politics Politicians


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4705x3528
File Size : 48,631kb


Aliases

  1. 2Q
  1. 0580066906
  1. 2-751-930
  1. 2751930

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