Lord Palmerston addresses the jockey John Day at a race as Lord Miltown sits in a carriage. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
Date:
20 October 1841
Reference:
37119i
Part of:
HB sketches
  • Pictures

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Description

Lord Palmerston entered a horse for a race but bets were placed on the pronounciation of the horse's name. The controversy was reported in the "Times"

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 25.1 x 35.4 cm + album.

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Contributors

Lettering

A great diplomatist discovering a new-market for his talents. 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.116-118

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37119i

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