Queen Victoria in a theatre watching a performance: Van Amburgh holding a whip and various animals - a lion, hyena, fox and sheep with the heads of Daniel O'Connell, Lord Durham, Lord Brougham and Lord Melbourne respectively. Lithograph by Philo H.B., 1839.
- Philo HB.
- Date:
- 1839
- Reference:
- 37231i
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Description
Also watching from the stalls are Prince Albert on the left and the Duke of Wellington on the right. Compare Wellcome Library no. 36866i (a print by HB of a similar subject)
Publication/Creation
[London] (Picadilly) : Messrs Fores, 1839.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph ; image 24 x 36.1 cm + album
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Lettering
Scene at Drury Lane Theatre, by command
Extensive dialogue within the print
Creator/production credits
Philo HB was one of the imitators of HB (John Doyle). Doyle's publisher Thomas McLean issued a warning to subscribers that "spurious copies, and imitations of style and signature, much inferior to the celebrated original" had been issued
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37231i
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