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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Cumberland as Jack in the Green
wood engraving
148 x 81 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2145
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 Duke of Cumberland as Jack in the Green.
Summary:
The largest and principal figure is Jack-in-the-Green with Cumberland's head peeping through the leafage; the framework is made of fetters forming a sort of crown at the apex, and is placarded "Oligarchy".
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