John Bull climbs on board a coach helped up by the Duke of Wellington with Sir Robert Peel in the driving seat. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
20 October 1841
Reference:
37118i
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Besides Peel are Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley. Lord John Russell attempts to persuade Bull that he is on the wrong bus. The crossing sweeper is Wakley, Member of Parliament for Finsbury. The print alludes to the departure of the new Tory administration

Publication/Creation

[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 20 October 1841 ([London] : A. Ducôte's General Lith[ographi]c Estab[lishmen]t)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 31.4 x 24.7 cm + album.

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New omnibus! HB Extensive dialogue within the print

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, pp.xx

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37118i

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