Political sketches : lithographic caricatures, 1834-1849.

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Political sketches : lithographic caricatures, 1834-1849.

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Two albums containing political caricature sketches by John Doyle (117), Henry Heath (9), George Scharf (1), George Rowe (1), John Leech (1) and one unidentified. Doyle's prints are usually signed with his pseudonym H.B. He specialized in depicting the likeness of his subjects in the tradition of a portrait painter, for which he was trained. Most of the plates are numbered, and printed and published by Thomas McLean, London. There is a self-portrait in the album "H.B., " fourth print from the end. The Doyle numbered prints are primarily between #318-819 ("H.B." album) and #844-916 ("Caricatures").

2 albums (130 prints) 29 x 43 cm. and 32 x 45 cm.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6737072

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Rowe, George, 1796-1864

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George Rowe was born at Dartmouth, England, 1797 and was a noted English landscape artist. Rowe was Commissioned by the British government to make watercolour drawings of the Victorian goldfields and arrived in Melbourne in 1852. Rowe returned to England in 1959. From the description of Correspondence. 1852-1854. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225742587 ...

Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850

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Doyle, John, 1797-1868

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Irish born lithographer, portraitist and caricaturist, Doyle worked in London as a portrait lithographer and eventually turned to political caricature. His plates were issued by the publisher, Thomas M. McLean, in volume form both in 1841 and 1844. Doyle used the pseudonym H.B. to sign most of his works. He was considered to be the first political caricaturist of the 19th century. From the description of Political sketches : lithographic caricatures, 1834-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

McLean, T. (Thomas)

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Scharf, George, 1788-1860

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Leech, John, 1817-1864

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Epithet: humorous artist and illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000265 English illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Horace Mayhew, "Monday". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747712741 British illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ennis, to [C. Cave?], 1860 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Dodds, John W. (John Wendell), 1902-1989

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Professor of English at Stanford (1937-1967; emeritus 1967- ), interim head of the Department of French and Italian (September 1972-April 1973), Dean of the School of Humanities and Director of Special Programs in the Humanities. From the description of John Wendell Dodds papers, 1942-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518205270 ...