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Lord John Russell cuts a plaster while the Marquess of Normanby sits in a chair with an ill countenance, Daniel O'Connell nursing his head. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of Ireland was a censure to the Marquess of Normanby. Lord John Russell's resolution in the House of Commons carried by a majority of 22 is portrayed as a "cure". Lord Morpeth stands behind Normanby as if stricken. Shiel clutches a pair of scissors and Lord Melbourne introduces Russell to the patient
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