Statue of Achilles with the head of the Duke of Wellington shields Lord Ellenborough as Patroclus. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
March 1843
Reference:
37155i
Part of:
HB sketches
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About this work

Description

In Parliament, Wellington defended the conduct of Ellenborough in India. The statue derives from one erected in Hyde Park in honour of Wellington

Publication/Creation

[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, March 1843 ([London] : [A. Ducôte])

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with ochre tone ; image 30.2 x 23 cm + album.

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Lettering

Achilles defending his friend Patroclus, a classical group very freely taken from the antique. HB

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, p.166

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37155i

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