Title

'Dissent in Earnest', 1860. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Dissent in Earnest', 1860. 'We Defer to their Feelings, but we cannot Assent to their Reasoning - Parl Debate'. This cartoon depicts either Lord Palmerston, the Liberal Prime Minister, or Gladstone, Palmerston's Chancellor of the Exchequer, being harangued by Mr John Bright, the Quaker MP. This relates to the proposed Census Bill which would require the forthcoming census papers to be completed with the religious profession of the person signing the paper. The dissenters, lead by John Bright, immediate raised a violent protest. Palmerston, however, had said that he would certainly adhere to this requirement. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 21, 1860.

Date

1860

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_111

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (4,4Mb) / 16,6in x 12,7in / 4966 x 3797 (300dpi)

Keywords

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