Picture No | 12917196 |
Date | 1841 |
Description | Cartoon, Hercules Tearing Theseus from the Rock ... |
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Cartoon, Hercules Tearing Theseus from the Rock to which he had grown -- a satirical comment on Sir Robert Peel's intention to oust the Whig government under Lord Melbourne (represented here by Lord John Russell) and win power for his own Conservative party.
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Source | Cartoon by E Landells in ‘Punch’, 1841, page 19 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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