Cartoon, Dr Dulcamara in Dublin (John Bright)

Cartoon, Dr Dulcamara in Dublin -- a satirical comment on the radical Liberal MP John Bright's visit to Dublin, where he was invited to speak. He is portrayed as a quack doctor, holding up a bottle of medicine (Radical Reform). Dr Dulcamara is a character in a comic opera by Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore, whose sale of a supposed love potion sets the plot in motion

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