J.A. Roebuck attempts to exchange a horse having the head of Lord Durham for another having the head of Lord Brougham as a stage coach waits on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
- Date:
- 13 February 1838
- Reference:
- 36702i
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- HB sketches
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The landlord beneath an inn sign with the head of Queen Victoria is Lord Melbourne. Sitting on the coach is the radical Sir William Molesworth. Lord Durham returned from Canada and was wooed by the Radicals to act as their leader, but was unwilling
Publication/Creation
London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 13 February 1838 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.1 x 35.1 cm + album.
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Old and young stagers. HB
Extensive dialogue within the print
References note
An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp.363-364
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36702i
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