A hot-air balloon with the visage of Daniel O'Connell carrying a basket of conservative ministers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

Selected images from this work

An allusion to the governmental assistance of Daniel O'Connell and the Irish members of parliament to the slim conservative majority

London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 22 October 1836 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 32.8 x 24.2 cm + album.

Descent of the great balloon Extensive dialogue within the print

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.308

Wellcome Collection 36543i

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