Daniel O'Connell in the character of Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge carries on his back a raven with the head of Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
30 August 1841
Reference:
37114i
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HB sketches
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Description

The Whig party was in a moribund condition

Publication/Creation

[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 30 August 1841 ([London] : A. Ducôte's General Lith[ographi]c Estab[lishmen]t)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 29.9 x 23.4 cm + album.

Lettering

Barnaby Rudge and his Raven. HB Extensive dialogue within the print. The raven cries "never say die..."

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, pp.108-109

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37114i

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