John Doyle also knows as 'H.B' - 19th Century Lithograph, Satirical Cartoons

Description

John Doyle, also knows as 'H.B' - Original 19th Century Lithograph. All inscribed in pencil to the lower edge and signed with initials in the plate. Published by Edward McLean, Leicester Square. Including titles such as 'The Winchelsea Hermit', 'Reading the Times', 'The Affidavit', 'The Old White Lion' and 'The Mysterious Visit' Signed in plate. On wove. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. Various surface dirt, scuffs and marks, some very minor tears to a few edges. Mount burn on some.

John Dolye (1797-1868) was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer who worked under the pen name "H. B". He was born in Dublin to a Dublin silk merchant. He was first recognised as a painter in London after exhibiting his 'Turning out the Stag' at the Royal Academy in 1825. He also painted miniatures, but later found great success from his political cartoons, which could be reproduced in the new method of lithography. He worked under the pen name 'H.B' and kept his identity secret until 1843 when he revealed it in a letter to Robert Peel. His son, Richard Doyle, walked in his father's footsteps and worked in the style made famous by Punch magazine. His other sons were also artistic; Henry Edward Doyle became director of the National Gallery of Ireland, James William Edmund Doyle was an illustrator and Charles Altamont Doyle was a painter and the father of Sir Artur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes.

Size

26 x 25cm (10.2" x 9.8")
Sheet: 41.5 x 29.5cm (16.3" x 11.6")
Plate: 32 x 27.5cm (12.6" x 10.8")