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Blind-Man's Buff.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: John Doyle (HB)

Printed by: A Ducôte
Published by: Thomas McLean
Title
Blind-Man's Buff.
Description
English: No. 332. A blindfolded man standing in centre (William IV), surrounded by fifteen men, all eager to get caught in the game Blind-Man's Buff (to left, Lord Grey, Lord Ebrington, Lord Althorp, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir John Hobhouse, Joseph Hume, Lord Melbourne; behind, Edward Ellice, to right, Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Brougham, Lord Duncannon, Edward John Littleton, Daniel O'Connell, Lord Palmerston and Lord Auckland). 22 July 1834
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Depicted people Representation of: Daniel O'Connell
Date 1834
date QS:P571,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 269 millimetres
Width: 358 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1857,1222.83
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Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:

William IV, deprived of the services of Earl Grey, is playing at blind-man's buff to catch a new Prime-Minister, and is surrounded by every public man who had, or even fancied that he had, any pretension to be selected for the office. There is one very striking difference between the game as it is commonly played, and as it is played on this particular occasion; for, the art of the game, as children play it, is to escape being caught, whereas the players on this occasion are only apprehensive that they should not be caught. Lord Melbourne is tying on the bandage, and Lord Althorp is coming forward to enter the game, very much to the surprise of Lord Grey, who, remembering the "final and unalterable" resolution, (See No. CCCXXX) was quite unprepared to see his "lost right-arm" joining itself, with all its strength, to another body. Lord Ebrington, standing between Lords Grey and Althorp, pushes forward the latter, as if he feared that his "final and unalterable resolution" might return. Between Lord Althorp and Lord Melbourne are seen the heads of Sir Francis Burdett, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, and Mr. Joseph Hume. Sir John Cam Hobhouse says, "now I have a chance," and so it turned out; for in this change of Ministry, Sir John was appointed to the "Woods and Forests." Immediately behind His Majesty stands Mr. Ellice, never missing on such occasions. Next to Mr. Ellice is Mr. Spring Rice, and close to him Lord Brougham presents himself in a manner to be caught if possible, in which endeavour Lord Duncannon, leaning on his shoulder, seems to assist him. Lord Palmerston, the "Juvenile Whig," as Sir Henry Hardinge wittily called him, expresses only his desire to be caught by somebody, which seems very likely to happen, as his Lordship had belonged to every administration from that of Mr. Perceval to that of Earl Grey. In the background, Mr. Littleton and Mr. O'Connell are seen in conversation, and the last figure on the right-hand is that of Lord Auckland.
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