Title from Ray.
Drawing by Richard Doyle for the title page illustration for an uncompleted edition of The loving ballad of Lord Bateman; the poem, with text commonly attributed to William Makepeace Thackeray and commentary by Charles Dickens, was published in London in 1839 by Charles Tilt, with etched illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Signed with the artist's monogram at lower right.
Drawing shows Lord Bateman chained to a tree in front of the Turk's palace, flanked by two windows above, with the figure of the Turk framed in the window at upper left and that of his daughter in the one at upper right. Lettering within the title page design reads, "Certayne Passages from ye Ballade of ye Lorde Bateman illustrated.--", with the various figures labeled, "my Lorde Bateman", "this is ye Turk", and "ye fayre Sophia".
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 87-88, reproduced p. 86.