Lord Glenelg stands in the stocks and receives a hail of rubbish. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
13 February 1838
Reference:
36701i
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Lord Glenelg stands in the stocks and receives a hail of rubbish. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lord Brougham is about to hurl a rotten egg and Lord Aberdeen is about to fling a dead cat. Lord Melbourne is also in the crowd, with Lord John Russell, Thomas Spring-Rice and the Duke of Wellington. Glenelg had to bear the brunt of Parliamentary censure on the occasion of the revolt in Canada

Publication/Creation

London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 13 February 1838 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24 x 33 cm + album.

Lettering

A disagreeable position! HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp.362-363

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36701i

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