Dressed as a parish beadle John Bull carries a bundle inscribed "letter to the Queen" to the door of Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
29 January 1839
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36865i
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view Dressed as a parish beadle John Bull carries a bundle inscribed "letter to the Queen" to the door of Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

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Dressed as a parish beadle John Bull carries a bundle inscribed "letter to the Queen" to the door of Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The foundling letter refers to a radical anonymous letter sent to the Queen widley believed to be by Lord Brougham (who denied penning it). The Queen appears as the lady in the bonnet

Publication/Creation

London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 29 January 1839 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 31.2 x 24.4 cm + album.

Lettering

The disowned. HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.404

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36865i

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