Title

'Vacation Amusements. (No 1.) Pheasant Shooting!', 1840. Creator: John Doyle.

Caption

'Vacation Amusements. (No 1.) Pheasant Shooting!', 1840. Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (right) holds a gun labelled 'Mistress of the Robes' and says 'What a noble pair of birds! I'll have at the female'. His companion, his gun labelled Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, says 'And I'll take down the other'. Satirical cartoon on British politics by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1840]

Date

1840

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F27_085

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (5,8Mb) / 15,7in x 11,8in / 4705 x 3528 (300dpi)

Keywords

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