Lord Brougham, a bully, picks on Lord Melbourne while a girl in a bonnet summons an elderly woman with the face of the Duke of Wellington. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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7 March 1838
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36705i
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view Lord Brougham, a bully, picks on Lord Melbourne while a girl in a bonnet summons an elderly woman with the face of the Duke of Wellington. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

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Lord Brougham, a bully, picks on Lord Melbourne while a girl in a bonnet summons an elderly woman with the face of the Duke of Wellington. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A parody of a painting by Mulready. Lord Melbourne is represented as an orphan by the crape on his hat

Publication/Creation

London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 7 March 1838 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 32.5 x 25.2 cm + album.

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The woolf & the lamb, a parody on Mr Mulready's highly popular picture. HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.368

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Wellcome Collection 36705i

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