Lord John Russell cuts a plaster while the Marquess of Normanby sits in a chair with an ill countenance, Daniel O'Connell nursing his head. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

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1 May 1839
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36875i
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The appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of Ireland was a censure to the Marquess of Normanby. Lord John Russell's resolution in the House of Commons carried by a majority of 22 is portrayed as a "cure". Lord Morpeth stands behind Normanby as if stricken. Shiel clutches a pair of scissors and Lord Melbourne introduces Russell to the patient

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London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 1 May 1839 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.4 x 37.5 cm + album.

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A cure for a broken head. HB

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An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp.418-419

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Wellcome Collection 36875i

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