Shiel walks past two old sailors, one with a wooden leg, who make remarks about him as Daniel O'Connell stands by wrapped in a cloak. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
- Date:
- 3 April 1838
- Reference:
- 36800i
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- HB sketches
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Description
Shiel was appointed the governor of Greenwich Hospital. Member for Tipperary, a repealer and Roman Catholic, his appointment probably owed something to O'Connell
Publication/Creation
London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 3 April 1838 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.1 x 32.1 cm + album.
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A Greenwich pensioner! HB
Extensive dialogue within the print
References note
An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp.373-374
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36800i
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