Doyle, John (1797-1868); HB — (Lithograph) a Criminal in Custody: Query, "Which Be the Malefactor?" (Hb Sketches No. 673)
London: Thomas McLean, 1841. Original B&W lithograph on wove paper. 17 × 11.5 inches. Good. Overall foxing and toning, especially noticeable in the margins; loss in the top left margin and a vertical tear in the bottom margin extending four inches into the lower image area. Signed in the plate with the initials HB. This 1841 cartoon offers a tongue-in-cheek commentary on British political figures and the indistinguishability of virtue and vice among the elite. John Doyle, known by the pen name H. B. was an Irish political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer. .