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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Eldon the money taker
wood engraving
120 x 68 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2122a
Published:
[London] : [William Strange], [ca. 1834]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 22, 1832, with the title Lord Eldon as the old woman taking the money.
Summary:
Eldon as an old woman in tawdry finery, collecting money in a spoon and conveying it into her pocket.
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