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Object within Schaaf no. 777

Diminished copy of a lithograph by John (HB) Doyle, "Vacation Amusements. (No.2.) Swing, Swong!"

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Alternate titles

Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax and Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey

Image size: h 7.2cm x w 8.6cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4267

Collection: Science Museum Collection

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 777

Diminished copy of a lithograph by John (HB) Doyle, "Vacation Amusements. (No.2.) Swing, Swong!"

Keywords: Politics Satire Caricature Conservatism Whig Radicalism

The original satirical lithograph was published on 14 September 1840, which means that Talbot's photograph of it must have been taken some time after that date.  The context of John (HB) Doyle in the political satire of the day is described here.

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