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Summary
Lex talionis or hit the first
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Title |
Lex talionis or hit the first |
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Description |
English: Above the design as a second title: 'The Grand Match'. A pugilistic encounter between the Marquises of Cleveland and Londonderry, both stripped to the waist. Londonderry gives a blow in the face to Cleveland, who staggers, saying, 'I support the Bill and yet the people broke my windows'. Londonderry: 'That's because you have lent your assistance to so many parties, that the people did not know which you had finally attach'd yourself to'. Grey, who is on one knee, is Cleveland's bottle-holder; he holds a bottle of 'Drops of Comfort for the Duke of Cleveland', and says 'Never mind that slap Marquis - the Dukedom will set all that to rights again'. Brougham (left), his backer, says 'A regular dowse of the chops though'. Wellington, alertly leaning forward, is Londonderry's bottle-holder, with a bottle of 'Constitutional Drops'; he says: 'Go it Derry- Only keep your temper and I'll match you against the great W[h]ig ['h' crossed out] - That's it, smash his day lights it's only giving a little of the Lex Talionis" They smashed your day-lights you know - That's it my boy throw your left Wing into his right Flank'. Cumberland, who stands behind Wellington (right) adds 'Give it him Derry'. These speeches are numbered from '1' to '6'. 22 June 1831
Hand-coloured lithograph |
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Depicted people | Associated with: William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1831 date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.9437 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) A satire on an exchange between Cleveland and Londonderry in the debate of 21 June, as reported in 'The Times', and here only slightly altered (Cleveland speaks of "the populace" and adds "on the occasion of the illuminations"). Cleveland duly got his dukedom (25 Jan. 1833) in return for the willing surrender of his boroughs, see No. 17182. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9437 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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