A striking, hand coloured lithograph, showing a piece of political satire based on the accession of William IV to the throne. When King George IV died on 26 June 1830 without surviving legitimate issue, William succeeded him as King William IV.
The cartoon shows a member of parliament on one knee, worshipping the rising sun, in which can be seen the face of William IV. Below the image is an inscription with the title, publication details date and inscription. John Doyle has initialed in plat with his pen name "HB." Handsomely presented in a contemporary Hogarth style frame with wash-line mount.
On wove.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. The frame is in fine condition.
20.4 x 29.9cm (8" x 11.8")
John Doyle (Dublin 1797 – 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.
In his youth he learned to paint landscapes under Gaspare Gabrielli, and miniature portraits at the Royal Dublin Society's drawing school under John Comerfield. In 1822 he produced six prints entitled The Life of a Racehorse. That year he moved to London with his wife, Marianna Conan. His painting Turning out the Stag brought him recognition when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825.
Marianna died in 1832, giving birth to their seventh child. Doyle continued to exhibit miniatures until 1835, but by then he was experiencing greater success with his political cartoons, printed using the new reproductive medium of lithography, beginning in 1827. These were issued once a month during parliamentary sessions, and continued for twenty-two years. His caricatures were mostly faithful likenesses of their subjects, with little exaggeration, treated with sarcastic humour, often alluding to popular plays. They were signed with the letters H. B., constructed out of two Js and two Ds, Doyle's own initials. By 1840 he was prosperous enough to afford a fashionable house in Hyde Park, moving in the same circles as David Wilkie, Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Macaulay, Thomas Moore and Samuel Rogers – but H. B.'s true identity remained a closely guarded secret until he revealed it in 1843 in a seventeen-page letter to Sir Robert Peel.
He is considered a founder of the school of British cartoon satirists represented by John Leech, John Tenniel, and his son Richard Doyle, which established the style made famous by Punch magazine. The British Museum has over 900 of his drawings in its collections.
He died at Maida Hill, 2 January 1868, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
| SKU | ql579 |
|---|---|
| Artist | John Doyle (1797–1868) |
| Date | 1830 |
| Dimensions | 20.4 x 29.9cm |
| Medium | Lithograph |
| Style | Illustration Art |
| Subject | Seascape & Coastal |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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