File:Hint dropping, or sapping & mining (BM 1857,1222.187).jpg
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Hint dropping, or sapping & mining
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Print made by: Robert Seymour
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| Title |
Hint dropping, or sapping & mining |
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| Description |
English: The Duke of Cumberland (left) bends towards George IV, who sits in an arm-chair, frowning apprehensively; he takes his hand, saying conspiratorially, '********—don't tell him I said it!!—' Eldon, on the extreme left, stands behind Cumberland, watching with sly intentness and touching his arm, as if to prompt him. Through a doorway on the King's left is seen the dark silhouette of Wellington (right), in profile to the left, writing at a davenport. 3 August 1829
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| Depicted people | Associated with: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1857,1222.187 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) An imitation of HB.'s lithographs. Cumberland, after the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill, set himself to drive Wellington from office, bringing all his influence to bear on the King. Lady Holland wrote, 17 April, ". . . he earwigs the K, & makes him sulky & barely civil [to Ministers]". 'Lady Holland to her Son', 1946, p. 103. A report of a "Cumberland administration" appeared in the Press on 28 July. Wellington, 'Despatches', N.S., vi. 55. See No. 15834; cf. 15809, &c, 15849, &c, 15856, 15910, &c, 15911, 16048, 16302, &c. pp. 734-5. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1857-1222-187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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