Title written below image., Artist's initials in ink at lower left., John Leech in pencil verso., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Print shows the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, sitting on a high fence; two dogs representing the parlimentarian John Bright and the manufacturer and free-trade advocate Richard Cobden on one side. A bull, branded with an 'R', representing the opposition leader John Russell on the other. Behind Peel, a sign: Beware Oregon
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Punch
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, Sir, Bart., 1788-1850, Bright, John, 1811-1889, Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, and Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
Subject (Topic):
Corn laws (Great Britain), Free trade, and Oregon question
Print shows the British Prime Minister Robert Peel and the United States President John Polk standing on a dueling ground with their seconds; Peel is in foreground center, turned toward viewer, pistol in his left hand; his second, John Russell, says, "Serve him out, Bobby." Polk is in background right, half turned toward viewer, asking his second, King Louis Philippe, who is handing Polk a pistol, "Do you think he is in earnest?" To which, his second says, "Courage, mon President, visez au coeur."
Alternative Title:
Oregon question
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Punch
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, Sir, Bart., 1788-1850 and Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),
