Spotprent over de 'Irish Railway Bill', John Doyle, 1847

Title(s)

Spotprent over de 'Irish Railway Bill'
Perseus flying to the rescue of Andromeda (title on object)
HB Sketches (series title on object)

Object type

• print
• cartoon

Object number

RP-P-2017-2256-91

Inscriptions / marks

• stamp: ‘HB Subscribers Copy’

Description

Spotprent uit 1847 waarin Lord Bentinck als de held Perseus gewapend met de lans 'Irish Railway Bill' de maagd Andromeda (Ierland) redt van het zeemonster (Hongersnood). Uitgegeven als nr. 881 in de serie HB Sketches.

Artist

• print maker: John Doyle (mentioned on object)
• printer: General Lithographic Establishment (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Thomas McLean (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: England
printer: London
publisher: London

Dating

Mar-1847

Material

• paper

Measurements

height c. 300 mm × width c. 445 mm

What

• Perseus and Andromeda
• starvation, famine
• political caricatures and satires

When

• 1847 - 1847

Where

• Ierland

Who

• Lord George Bentinck

Credit line

• C. Veth Bequest

Acquisition

bequest 1963

Copyright

Public domain