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The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
- Date
- 10th [month not identified] 1838
- Reference
- 36798i
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- HB sketches
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Credit: The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Thomas Spring-Rice was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Melbourne's administration, and Lord John Russell was Home Secretary. Lord Brougham persistently attacked Melbourne's government. "Viscount Melbourne vociferously complained about the bitterness of Lyndhurst's invective" (Oxford dictionary of national biography)
Publication/Creation
London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 10th [month not identified] 1838 ([London] (70 Saint Martin's lane) : A. Ducôte's lithography)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 34.4 x 25 cm + album.
Series
Contributors
Lettering
Laocoon, a classical subject! HB
References note
An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp. 368-369
Lettering note
Extensive dialogue within the print
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 36798i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Subjects
- Laocoön (Legendary character)
- Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848.
- Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
- Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866.
- Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863.
- Agesander. Laocoön group.
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Location Status Access Closed stores