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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Bags.-- (a scruple balance)
wood engraving
125 x 109 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2149
Published:
[London] : [William Hone], [1821]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Detached from The political showman at home, London : William Hone, 1821.
Trimmed to remove all text below title.
Printed below image and above title: [15 lines of quotations from various sources, including Corbet and Shakespeare]
Summary:
Eldon's face, rectangular between two pendent bags representing his wig, is supported on a body formed by the Purse of the Great Seal.
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