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A coachman wanted, candidates for the place

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Title A coachman wanted, candidates for the place

Date 1839

Subjects Butlers, Coach drivers, Political cartoons

Description Original study for a lithograph of a political cartoon by John Doyle, grandfather of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, dated Jan. 29, 1839. The drawing, no. 570 of a series of almost one thousand political sketches which Doyle produced between 1829 and 1849, shows a butler and four coachman candidates, with dialogue written above three of them, and variations of these comments written in the right margin and on the verso. As a political illustrator, Doyle uses the portly, bald figure of the butler to represent John Bull, the personification of the typical Englishman, and portrays the newly-crowned Queen Victoria as the "Mistress", and the candidates for Prime Minister--the leading politicians of the day--as candidates for the coachman's position. Signed in upper right-hand corner with Doyle's "secret" monogram, "HB", and notation "Sketches/570"; date of "Jan. 29, 1839" in lower left-hand corner. Diluted ink wash in gray applied with brush to fine-quality artist's paper, unevenly trimmed; image within double-ruled gray ink borders.

Format Caricatures

Call Number VAULT oversize Case MS 5278

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4500px × 3282px 42.29 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename Case MS 5278 (vault, oversize) John Doyle, A Coachman Wanted.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NYTS

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