The Lament of Lord Bags.Do I then dream in sooth? or can it be? Am I foreclos'd from mine own Chancerie? Oh senseless Woolpack! [...] Oh Bags! Bags! Bags! O! O! O! O! O! O!
[by John Doyle]
London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1827.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. 344 x 253mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to platemark on the left edge. Small margins on 3 sides. Tear in margin bottom right.
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, stands in deep dejection, hands thrust in his breeches pockets, head slightly tilted. He wears plain dark suit with knee-breeches and buckled shoes, legal bands, and small wig. He resigned as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1827 when George Canning became Prime Minister, being deeply opposed to the new prime minister's more liberal principles.
BM Satires 15419.
[Ref: 52323] £240.00
London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1827.
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. 344 x 253mm (13½ x 10"). Trimmed to platemark on the left edge. Small margins on 3 sides. Tear in margin bottom right.
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, stands in deep dejection, hands thrust in his breeches pockets, head slightly tilted. He wears plain dark suit with knee-breeches and buckled shoes, legal bands, and small wig. He resigned as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1827 when George Canning became Prime Minister, being deeply opposed to the new prime minister's more liberal principles.
BM Satires 15419.
[Ref: 52323] £240.00