The Wolf & the Lamb – A Parody on Mr. Mulready's highly popular Picture
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (44 × 30 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Accession Number
2014.757.5(31)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 1838 lithograph, published by Thomas McLean and likely drawn by John Doyle with lithography by Alfred Ducôte, offers a witty political satire titled *The Wolf & the Lamb*. Created just months after Queen Victoria’s accession, the print parodies a popular painting by William Mulready, transforming its gentle fable into a pointed commentary on contemporary British politics. Figures such as Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, Lord Brougham, and the Duke of Wellington appear alongside the young queen, their interactions recast through the classic tale of power and vulnerability. Lithography was i...
About the Artist
Alfred Ducôte|Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux|William Mulready|William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|John Doyle|Thomas McLean|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Queen Victoria (British|British|Irish) · 1788 |1830 |1797 –1875 |1840 |1868
British, 1788–1875|British, active 1830–40|Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London