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Great Luminary of the Law

Great Luminary of the Law

Maker (British, 1797-1868)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumpen and watercolor over pencil
Dimensions12 1/2 x 8 in. (31.8 x 20.3 cm.)
MarkingsTitle: The Great Luminary of the Law or New Patent Cabinet Light! [Lord Brougham as a candle] Warranteed to shed a Lustre on all and when once in not to be easily puffed out - or made to end in Smoke!!! NB This is considered to be the greatest light of the age by all the 'feelosophers' and Schoolmaster in the Kingdom [also some words in code]
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number71.7
Terms
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    Catching a Poacher
    John Doyle (HB)
    1845
    Object number: 74.15
    Fourth Day of Creation, Luminaries - Sun, Moon, Stars
    Fourth Day of Creation, Luminaries - Sun, Moon, Stars
    Unknown, British
    ca. 1870
    Object number: 2000.5.1537G
    Image Not Available for Penalty of the Law
    Penalty of the Law
    Robert Taylor Pritchett
    n.d.
    Object number: 88.17.38
    Moses with the Tablets of the Law
    Moses with the Tablets of the Law
    Edward Francis Burney
    n.d.
    Object number: 74.12.1
    Portrait of the Comte de Cromot, Superintendent of the Comte de Provence, at an easel, accompanied by his two daughters-in-law
    Portrait of the Comte de Cromot, Superintendent of the Comte de Provence, at an easel,
    accompanied by his two daughters-in-law
    1787
    Object number: 2024.14
    Harvest Home
    Harvest Home
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.4
    Fairy Pages
    Fairy Pages
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.5
    Fairy Prince Presenting a Pelargonium Flower to a Fairy Princess
    Fairy Prince Presenting a Pelargonium Flower to a Fairy Princess
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.16
    Sketchbook [p. 14]
    Sketchbook [p. 14]
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.14
    Image Not Available for Sketchbook [p. 13]
    Sketchbook [p. 13]
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.13
    Sketchbook [p. 14], verso
    Sketchbook [p. 14], verso
    Charles Altamont Doyle
    n.d.
    Object number: 69.4.14verso