Daniel O'Connell about to feed a loaf of bread to a cage full of big cats with the heads of politicians, Queen Victoria looks on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
12 February 1839
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36866i
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The reference by Queen Victoria to "Van Amburg" refers to a cage full of wild animals exhibited at Dury Lane Theatre which was a sensation at the time. Lord Melbourne is the lion. Poulet Thompson and Lord John Russell tug at a morsel inscribed "corn law question". Also in the cage are Lords Palmerston, Normanby, Lansdowne and Holland and Thomas Spring-Rice. The print refers to the radicals intention to repeal or modify the corn laws

Publication/Creation

London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 12 February 1839 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.3 x 33.3 cm + album.

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Feeding the animals- change of diet! HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp.406-407

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36866i

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