Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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2 October 1841
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37116i
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view Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

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Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Whig ministry lost a vote of confidence by a majority of one. Parliament was dissolved but on returning the majority was increased by 90 to 91

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[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 2 October 1841 ([London] : A. Ducôte's General Lith[ographi]c Estab[lishmen]t)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 25.1 x 31 cm + album.

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Simple arithmetic- a sum in addition! HB Extensive dialogue within the print

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An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, p. 114

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Wellcome Collection 37116i

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