A Coachman Wanted. Candidate for the Place
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1839
Materials
Paper
Measurements
30 cm (H)44 cm (W)30 cm (H)38 cm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1397078
Summary
Print, lithograph, A Coachman Wanted. Candidate for the Place by John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868). Victorian political print. Men standing. HB Sketches No.570. Ducote and Stephens Lithography, London. Published 1839 Thos McLean, London. F.78.11. John Bull explaining to Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) that his wife does not want an Omnibus man, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) asks Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769-1852) to take the job, as he is tired of it, but Wellington is unwilling and John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, GCB, MP (1792-1840) sullenly defiant. 1838.
Makers and roles
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868), engraver (printmaker)