Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man

Multiple artists/makers

1837 or earlier

Not on view

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Title: Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man
Artist: Style of John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797–1868 London)
Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
Publisher: Mssrs. Fores (London)
Subject: William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (British, 1765–1837)
Date: 1837 or earlier
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 11/16 in. (44 × 29.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
Object Number: 2014.757.5(49)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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