The published print for which this drawing evidently served as a preliminary sketch is attributed to Frederick George Byron, English amateur painter, designer, and etcher of satirical prints, in the British Museum online catalog; see BM Satires 7678.
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The Morgan Library & Museum owns an impression of the caricature print for which this item served as a preliminary drawing; see Peel 3386.
Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, facing right, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield and riding a donkey, emerges from a doorway. The head of the donkey has a human face and wears the triple-tiered crown of the pope; depicted on the shield are scenes of torture and death, and a view of the Bastille. On the verso of the sheet is a sketch in ink of the artist's design for Burke's shield, surrounded by notes on the design of the drawing.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.