Portrait of a noble duke [graphic].

Published/Created:
[London] :
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket,
1829.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-coloring ; plate mark 34. 6 x 25 cm, on sheet 38.3 x 28 cm
Notes:
Title etched above image.
Caption below image: "I should think this head possest some talent for military affairs." Phrenological lecture.
"The print may reflect Sir R. Inglis's attack on Emancipation (5 Mar.): "The noble duke, unrivalled as he is, and, above all men successful in directing the energies of brute force, has never learned to calculate the powers and the resistance of opinion." 'Parl. Deb.', N.s. xx. 791."--British museum online catalogue.
Abstract:
"A head of Wellington in profile to the left, composed of military emblems. The hair is made of laurel leaves; covering the forehead is a flag with a lion rampant and the words 'Vittoria Salamanca Waterloo'. The eye is the muzzle of a cannon, with bayonets (for eyebrow), and sabre. The nose is a part of a tent, a fold forming a nostril. Below this is a tiny sentry-box and sentry, resting on a projecting lip, which, with the chin, cheek, and jaw is formed of masonry, from which, at the mouth, two small guns project. The side of the face is partly covered by a Union flag, with spears and a drum for ear, a sabre for the contour of the jaw. Over the Duke's military uniform is draped the gold-embroidered gown of the Chancellor of the Exchequer"--British Museum online catalogue.
Topics:
Arcimboldesque figures.
Phrenology.
Topics:
Catholic emancipation--Great Britain.
Topics:
McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99021837
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,--Duke of,--1769-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
Language:
English
Genre:
Engravings--England--London--19th century.
Portrait prints.
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
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Call Number:
829.00.00.110+
Orbis Record:
13201520
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr35813
Citation:
Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 11, no. 15691
OID:
16227463
PID:
digcoll:4082983