HB - Deficiency - Surplus
Lithograph. 1836. 340mm by 250mm (sheet). On a personal comparison with Mr. Pattison, the governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Spring Rice, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is sadly deficient ; while of Mr. Pattison there is a surplus of the † too too solid flesh. Of the condition of the Bank itself, it would he obviously improper to say anything ; but that the Exchequer was in a state of deficiency, all through the Chancellorship of Mr. Spring Rice, is notorious.'
Ref : 'An illustrative key to the Political sketches of H.B.,from no. 1 to no. 600.""
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, PC, FRS (1790-1866) was a British Whig politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1835 to 1839.John Doyle (1797- 1868), known by the pen name H. B., was an Irish political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.'HB Sketches No 445'. Published by Thomas MacLean.With original false mount in dark buff. A couple of light foxing spots. With publishers blind stamp lower left.""" Item #2625
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