Cupid before Psyche, a Parisian on dit, suggested as a frontispiece to the Lady's magazine,
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1838
Materials
Paper
Measurements
300 mm (h)440 mm (w)
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354046.22
Summary
Print, lithograph, Cupid before Psyche, a Parisian on dit, suggested as a frontispiece to the Lady's magazine, by John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868). Part collection (49) of HB Sketches. Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. No.546 3rd July 1838. Featuring Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868). Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841: The story on which this sketch was founded is very little more than what is told by the sketch itself. It was said that, while at Paris, Lord Brougham was commissioned by his lady to purchase for her a bonnet of the very newest fashion; and that he walked into a Magazin des Modes, and requested to have such a bonnet shewn him; which done, he forthwith put it on his head, and walked straight to a full-length mirror to see how he looked in it. If the story be true, those who are personally acquainted with his Lordship will think the astonishment expressed in the countenances and attitudes of the fair Modistes exceedingly natural.
Makers and roles
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868), engraver (printmaker)