File:Jack in Office. (BM 1857,1222.107).jpg
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Jack in Office.
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Print made by: John Doyle (HB)
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Jack in Office. |
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English: No. 390. Scene with dogs with men's faces; to left, a dog seated on top of a barrow lettered with 'T' (Lord John Russell), with his head turned towards right, looking as if in charge; two dogs to right looking up at him with a pleading expression, a poodle, with his forelegs lifted (Daniel O'Connell), and a terrier behind (Lord Durham); in foreground to right, a subdued dog staring at a piece of meet on a plate inside a basket (Lord Brougham); in background to left, a dog seated to front, seemingly uninvolved (Joseph Hume). 25 April 1835
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| Depicted people | Representation of: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1835 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1857,1222.107 |
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| Notes |
Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841: This is a parody of the admirable picture, under the same title, by Mr. Edwin Landseer; and those only who are acquainted with the original can fully appreciate the merit of the parody. The happy and consequential animal who is in charge of the good things of canine life, and enjoys a position from which he looks down with contempt on the less fortunate of his species, is Lord John Russell. If dogs'-meat barrows had not been exempted from the statute for regulating carts and other carriages, we should have seen written on this, at full length, the name, title, and place of abode of the Prime-Minister, as the master both of the barrow and the dog; but the letter T, printed on the side, shews that it belongs to the Treasury. The collar, with the leathern strap and hook, round the neck of the Jack in Office, serve to shew that, though raised to eminence in the absence of his owner, his proper place is under the barrow, where he is forced to do laborious drudgery. The basket on the ground, containing a plate with a tempting piece of liver, must be intended to typify the Court of Chancery, by the eager yet crouching and submissive manner in which it is regarded by Lord Brougham, "letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would.'" Mr. O'Connell, in the guise of a poodle, puts up his supplicatory paws like one long accustomed to beg. But the late Lord Durham, behind him, like an ill-trained terrier, seems more disposed to take than to solicit. That patient-looking beast in the back-ground, on the left, presenting the likeness of Mr. Joseph Hume, appears to consider that his time is not yet come. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1857-1222-107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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