Consolation, or, Otium cum dignitate

Description

Title: Consolation, or, Otium cum dignitate
Alternative Title: Otium cum dignitate
Creator: Doyle, John, 1797-1868, printmaker
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [7 October 1829]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pubd. by McLean
Abstract: "Lord Eldon, registering melancholy, sits in an arm-chair beside a table on which, besides plate, jug, &c., is an enormous cheese (from which a small wedge has been cut) resting on a cheese-stand on little wheels. In his right hand he holds a huge cut-glass goblet; he extends his left hand to the cheese, saying, 'My Cheshire Cheese & my Glass form now my only Consolation'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle.
Date of publication based on ink annotation "Oct. 7 1829" at end of imprint on British Museum impression; see British Museum catalogue.
Lacking the usual series title "HB Sketches" and numbering in upper right, but number 33 in that series according to the British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.2 x 31.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English