British politicians as acrobats at a fair: performances by Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "Repeal", and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church, watched by political onlookers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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30 March 1837
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view British politicians as acrobats at a fair: performances by Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "Repeal", and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church, watched by political onlookers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.

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British politicians as acrobats at a fair: performances by Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "Repeal", and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church, watched by political onlookers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark

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Thomas Spring-Rice's balancing act is an allusion to the church-rates. The crowd of parliament political personages includes: Lord Ebrington, Sir William Molesworth, C. Buller, Joseph Hume, Lord Brougham, J.A. Roebuck, Sir John Hobhouse, Sir Francis Burdett, John Bull, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir Robert Inglis and the Archbishop of Canterbury

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London (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 30 March 1837 (70 Saint Martin's lane : A. Ducôte's lithography)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.3 x 35.4 cm + album.

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Going to the fair with it! A cant phrase for doing anything in an extravagant way- known it is presumed to most persons. HB Extensive dialogue within the print

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An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., London 1841, pp. 325-326

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Wellcome Collection 36633i

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