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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Wellington kicking Grey into a cage
Published
[London] : [William Strange], [ca. 1834]
wood engraving
81 x 63 mm
Peel 2184
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Trimmed to remove all accompanying text.
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 59, 1833, without a title.
Trimmed to remove all accompanying text.
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 59, 1833, without a title.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A man with an enormously large head (Wellington), kicks another man (Grey) into an open cage.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Strange, W. (William), publisher.
Cowie, G. (George), printer.
Strange, W. (William). Whiggeries and waggeries.
Strange, W. (William). Figaro in London.
Strange, W. (William), publisher.
Cowie, G. (George), printer.
Strange, W. (William). Whiggeries and waggeries.
Strange, W. (William). Figaro in London.
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