Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish, Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields, 1847
- Title:
- Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1847
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.6 x 44.8 cm), Image: 8 7/16 x 14 13/16 inches (21.5 x 37.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Marked with imprint, lower left: "Subscriber's Copy, HB"
Lettered, upper right: "HB Sketches No 891"; lower left inside image: "HB"; lower left below image: "Published Novr 19th 1847 by Thos McLean 26 Haymarket"; lower center: ""UNHAPPY GHOSTS WANDERING ON THE BANKS OF STYX, | while | CHARON IN HIS BOAT FERRIES OVER THE ELECT (underlined) TO THE ELYSIAN FIELDS."; lower right: "Printed at 70 st Martins Lane"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14667
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boat | coats | cravats | Elysium, Elysian Field; Islands of the Blessed | gesturing | men | mythology | officials | parody | political | politicians | posing | religious and mythological subject | river | rowboat | satire | sketches | solemn | Styx | thoughtful | walking
- Associated People:
- Charon
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 - 1859), academic/intellectual, author/poet
Mr. Hawes (fl. 1847–1849), politician
Hobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton (1786 - 1869), politician/statesman
Col Fox (fl. 1847), politician
Wood, Sir Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885), politician/statesman
Roebuck, Right Hon John Arthur (1802–1879), British politician born in Madras, India
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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