The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 427

Copy of a lithograph by John (HB) Doyle, "Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill"

Object details

Image size: h 6.0cm x w 8.1cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: Waxed

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1053

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 427

Copy of a lithograph by John (HB) Doyle, "Leap Frog Down Constitution Hill"

Keywords: Politics Satire Caricature

The original satirical lithograph was published on 13 April 1831, which means that Talbot's photograph of it must have been taken some time after that date.  The well-known political figures represented in the lithograph and the political context of the day are described here.