Peel’s Panacea for Ireland

Maker
1. John Leech (b.1817, d.1864)
2. Punch, or the London Charivari (estab. 1841, closed 1992)
Date
1849
 Description
A page from an 1849 edition of Punch with the cartoon entitled 'Peel's Panacea for Ireland' and the caption

Rummell - "Oh! This dreadful Irish toothache!"
Peel - "Well, here is something that will cure you in an instant.

Sir Robert Peel, speaking in the house of commons, developed his views on Ireland, and suggested a plan for the redemption of landed property in that country in 1849.

On the verso of the sheet is a cartoon entitled 'The Church Mouse. (after Sir Joshua Reynolds "Muscipula.")
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Object detail

Maker
Date
1849
Medium
ink on paper
Measurements
25.5 x 19.0cm (image)
27.0 x 19.0cm (sheet)
Accession Number
HFA3143
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon Morrison, 2016
Object Type
artwork/printmaking/wood engraving
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
Artworks
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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