Title
The Rivals
Technique
Lithograph
Subject
Liston, JohnHoward, George William Frederick (Earl of Carlisle)
Artist
Doyle, JohnMcLean, ThomasDucote, Alfred
Date
07/03/1836
Dimensions
height (leaf): 44.1cm
width (leaf): 30.6cm
height (plate): 32.2cm
width (plate): 24.4cm
Inscription/signature
"HB Sketches No125. / That man will certainly / take the bread out of my / mouth. / HB / Published by T. McLean 26, Haymarket, 7th March 1836 / A. Ducôte's Lithography, 70 St. Martin's Lane. / THE RIVALS"
Provenance
Presented by Michael Gaunt-Edwards, September 2023.
Other number
E0146
Lithograph of John Liston and George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle in 'The Rivals', a satirical political sketch in HB's 'Political Sketches', No.125, by caricaturist and artist John Doyle. The print was published by Thomas McLean in 7 March 1836 and printed by Alfred Ducôte.
Liston is on the left and wears a tailcoat and top hat, a speech bubble above him says: 'That man will certainly take the bread out of my mouth.' George William Frederick Howard is on the right, also in a tailcoat and top hat, and holds a piece of paper in his hand.