A Coachman Wanted - Candidates for the Place
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1839
Materials
Paper
Measurements
300 mm (h)440 mm (w)
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354046.24
Summary
Print, lithograph, A Coachman Wanted - Candidates for the Place, by John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868). Part collection (49) of HB Sketches. Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket. No.570 29th Jan 1839. Featuring, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), John Bull, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). John Bull explaining to Brougham that his wife does not want an Omnibus man, Melbourne asks Wellington to take the job, as he is tired of it, but Wellington is unwilling and Durham sullenly defiant.
Makers and roles
John Doyle (H.B.) (Dublin 1797 – London 1868), engraver (printmaker)