Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, The Sibyl Presenting the Mysterious Writings to Tarquin, Who "With Gay Audacity" Rejects the Proferred Treasure, 1849
- Title:
- The Sibyl Presenting the Mysterious Writings to Tarquin, Who "With Gay Audacity" Rejects the Proferred Treasure
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1849
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/16 inches (29.8 x 43.4 cm), Image: 10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (26 x 35.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"
Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 912"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left below image: "London Published July 2nd 1849, by Thos McLean 26 Haymarket"; lower center: "THE SIBYL PRESENTING THE MYSTERIOYS WRITINGS TO TARQUIN, WHO _'WITH GAY AUDACITY'_ REJECTS THE PROFERRED TREASURE."; lower right: "Printed at 70 St Martin's Lane"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14682
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- axes | gesturing | historical subject | men | political | politicians | posing | religious and mythological subject | satire | satirical | scrolls | sibyl | sketches | swords | talking | throne | togas | treasure trove
- Associated People:
- Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881), politician/statesman, author/poet
Temple, Henry, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), politician/statesman
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (535 – 496 BC), 7th King of Rome
Tiburtine Sibyl
Cobden, Richard (1804–1865), MP, campaigner and free trader
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman
Wood, Sir Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885), politician/statesman
Mr. Hawes (fl. 1847–1849), politician
Hobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton (1786 - 1869), politician/statesman
Bright, John (1811–1889), politician, reformer, MP for Durham and Birmingham - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49397
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