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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Wetherell, the idiot
wood engraving
72 x 86 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2148
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. 11, 1832, with the title To Sir Charles Wetherell.
Summary:
Wetherell, dishevelled as usual, and seemingly blind, is led through a muddy pool by a dog with the head of Newcastle, his right wrist being tied to the dog's lead. Behind is a lantern on a post next a board inscribed "Dangerous".
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