A large bull with the head of Sir Robert Peel gazes angrily at a dog with the head of Lord Melbourne in a manger, regarded by John Bull holding a pitch fork. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

  • John Doyle
Date:
30 August 1841
Reference:
37077i
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Lord Melbourne was reluctant to surrender his ministry to the Tories

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[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 30 August 1841 ([London] : A. Ducôte's General Lith[ographi]c Estab[lishmen]t)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.2 x 33.1 cm + album.

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Illustration of the dog in the manger. HB

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, p.108

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Wellcome Collection 37077i

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