A coach representing the quadruple alliance of England, France, Portugal and Spain is disabled owing to a broken wheel. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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22 October 1836
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36544i
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A coach representing the quadruple alliance of England, France, Portugal and Spain is disabled owing to a broken wheel. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lord John Russell is the postillion and Lord Palmerston the coachman. On the roof of the coach sleeps John Bull. In the carriage is the Queen of Spain and her daughter with the King of Portugal. Exiting from the coach is King Louis Philippe of France with his characteristic cockaded top hat and bourgeois umbrella

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London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 22 October 1836 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.8 x 35.8 cm + album.

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Spanish diligence, in rather an awkward situation. HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, p.308-309

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Wellcome Collection 36544i

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