Picture No | 12917213 |
Date | 1858 |
Description | Cartoon, Palmerston Selling Off |
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Cartoon, Palmerston Selling Off -- a satirical comment on the defeat of Palmerston's Whig government on 19 February 1858, when the Conservatives came into power, represented here by Benjamin Disraeli (left). Palmerston's India Bill is referred to, legislation in response to the Indian Rebellion (Mutiny) of the previous year.
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Source | Cartoon by John Tenniel in ‘Punch’, 13 March 1858 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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