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John Doyle HB (1797-1868)
Plate 391 Heads or Tails 08/05/1835
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Description
Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) MP for Dublin & Cork and King William IV (1765-1837) Reigned 1830-37.
From "Political Sketches by HB" 08/05/1835
The artist
Dublin-born cartoonist and caricaturist, Doyle is considered a founder of the school of British satirists. Kinder and gentler than Hogarth, Rowlandson or Gilray, from the mid 1820s he regularly satirised prominent people and events of the day
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