Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856
"He saw a certain Minister-- (a minister to his mind.) : Go into a certain house -- with a majority behind."
Published
[London] : [Marsh & Miller, Oxford Street] ; [Edinburgh] : [Constable & Co.], [ca. 1830]
wood engraving
image: 69 x 88 mm
Peel 2171
Notes
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Title from caption.
Detached from The devil's walk, a poem by Professor Porson. Edited with a biographical memoir and notes by H.W. Montagu. Author of the Montmorency Poems &c. &c. &c. illustrated with beautiful engravings on wood by Bonner and Slader after the designs of R. Cruikshank.
Title from caption.
Detached from The devil's walk, a poem by Professor Porson. Edited with a biographical memoir and notes by H.W. Montagu. Author of the Montmorency Poems &c. &c. &c. illustrated with beautiful engravings on wood by Bonner and Slader after the designs of R. Cruikshank.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A hook-nosed figure in cloak and hat watches a man in military garb walk past a poster for "The King's Speech." In the background, numerous crowned figures seem to confer.
Associated names
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. Devil's walk.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Devil's walk.
Montagu, H. W., associated name.
Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868, printer.
Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836, wood engraver.
Slader, Samuel M., wood engraver.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Devil's walk.
Montagu, H. W., associated name.
Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868, printer.
Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836, wood engraver.
Slader, Samuel M., wood engraver.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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