Mazeppa Plate 2nd.

 John Doyle (pseud HB)

Mazeppa Plate 2^nd.

London , T McLean, Sept 23^rd 1832

Lithograph

Original hand colouring

280 x 400 mm

£140

The horse ‘Re[form]’ and its rider have fallen, surrounded by galloping wild horses with human heads. William IV, who is about to free himself from his bonds, looks up with quizzical confidence at the anxious faces that surround him. These are (left to right) Richmond (see BM Satires No. 16395) who is about to gallop off in the opposite direction, Lord John Russell, Grey, over whose back Durham has thrown a foreleg, Althorp, and Sir James Graham. All these have checked in their wild chase, but Brougham (right), his face framed by his Chancellor’s wig, still gallops on, turning his head to Mazeppa. The ground slopes towards a stream (right); behind is a pine-tree; a carrion-bird flies towards the fallen horse