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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Eldon the mud lark
wood engraving
78 x 65 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2135
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-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 11, 1832, with the title To Lord Eldon.
Summary:
Eldon as an aged and tattered rag picker, kneeling on a garbage heap while leaning on a cane, collecting refuse. On his back is a sack of bones, &c., inscribed "Places Pensions & Other Pickings."
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