A quack and a clown on stage presenting their wares to a hostile audience; referring to various politicians reactions to the replacement of the fixed duty on corn. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1841.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
- Date:
- 15 May 1841
- Reference:
- 13436i
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Publication/Creation
[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 15 May 1841 ([London] : Printed at the General Lith. Establisht.)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour.
Series
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Lettering
The corn doctors! A fair subject. HB
References note
Too late for the British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954
Reference
Wellcome Collection 13436i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Quacks and quackery
- Audiences
- Corn laws (Great Britain)
- Great Britain
- Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864.
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
- Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848.
- O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
- Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873.
- Peel, Robert, 1788-1850.
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
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