The Balance of Power
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)
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1397086
Summary
Print, lithograph, The Balance of Power by John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868). Victorian political print. Victoria with scales. The figure proposed to displace the old one of Justice at the top of Constitution Hill. HB Sketches No.592. Ducote and Stephens Lithography, London. Published 1839 Thos McLean, London. Impressed mark 'HB Subsribers Copy'. F.78.19.Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KB, MP (1769-1852), Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt MP (1788-1850) and Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)
Makers and roles
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868), engraver (printmaker)