Breaking Cover, Desperate Struggle for the Lead, Consequences of Leaping Short

Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, Breaking Cover, Desperate Struggle for the Lead, Consequences of Leaping Short, 1849

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Creator:

Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Printed by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875
Published by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875

Title:

Breaking Cover, Desperate Struggle for the Lead, Consequences of Leaping Short

Part Of:

Collective Title: Political Sketches

Date:

1849

Materials & Techniques:

Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 5/16 inches (29.8 x 44 cm), Image: 9 3/4 x 13 11/16 inches (24.7 x 34.7 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"

Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 914"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left under image: "London, Published July 16, 1849, by Thos McLean 26 Haymarket"; lower center: "BREAKING COVER, DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR THE LEAD, CONSEQUENCES OF LEAPING SHORT."; lower right: "Printed at 70 St Martin's Lane"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.14684

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Grey, Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey (1802 - 1894), Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lieutenant
Smith-Stanley, Edward Geoffrey,14th Earl of Derby (1799 - 1869), Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49399

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