John Bull stares with interest as a bearded magician pulls aside a curtain to show a mirror in which the princess Victoria wearing a crown is being pulled by the arms. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1830.
- John Doyle
- Date:
- June 8 1830
- Reference:
- 603499i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The two men on the left of Victoria are the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Wellington who holds Cumberland's waist. They try to drag Victoria from her mother on the right and Prince Leopold. The Duke of Cumberland was seen as the wicked uncle who was next in line for the throne after Victoria
Publication/Creation
[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, June 8 1830.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 27.6 x 36.6 cm.
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Contributors
Lettering
The magic mirror or a peep into futurity. HB
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. XI, London 1954, no. 16136
Reference
Wellcome Collection 603499i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores