Collection object
2005.0060
H. 27.5 W. 36.4
Print. Political cartoon; No. 531, Sheep Shearing, HB, 3rd April 1838. HB monogram at bottom left. A. Ducotes lithographer, 70 St. Martin's Lane, London, T. McLean publisher, 26 Haymarket below frame. Image shows a man shearing a sheep at left and an assistant dabbing pitch on a shorn sheep, while other sheep look on in background; all sheep are human-headed. Persons Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, Spring Rice, Lord John Russell, Lord Howick, Sir Wm Molesworth and Lord Glenelg (for identifications see separate sheet in correspondence file).