print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.11700
- Title
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Object: A nice distinction or a Hume-iliating rejoinder to a warlike ap-Peel!
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Series: Political Sketches
- Description
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No. 384. Two men confronting each other (Sir Robert Peel at centre left, Joseph Hume at centre right); two men, standing at left, making remarks (Sir Henry Hardinge and Duke of Wellington); a man to right turning his back to them, silently walking away (Stephen Lushington). 26 March 1835
Lithograph
- Production date
- 1835
- Dimensions
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Height: 247 millimetres
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Width: 365 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B.', London 1841:
In a debate on Sir Henry Hardinge's Irish Tithe Bill, Mr. Hume, alluding to the conduct of Sir Robert Peel with reference to the matter under discussion, said, "I myself positively could not, consistently with the feelings of a man of honour, have recourse to the bringing in of a measure which had been "Condemned and thrown out of the other House by my friends." This expression called up Sir Robert Peel to ask Mr. Hume if he really meant to say that he (Sir Robert) was acting in a manner inconsistent with a man of honour? In the House Mr. Hume did not explain his meaning to Sir Robert Peel's satisfaction, and, therefore, Sir Robert sent him a letter calling on him to disavow the imputation apparently conveyed by the objectionable passage in his speech; to which letter Mr. Hume made the following reply, "What I intended to say was, that I could not say what your feelings of honour were, but that I, as a political man, should not have considered it honourable conduct if I had so acted. It is, therefore, quite clear in my recollection, that whilst I made my observations in allusion to what I would have done, I did not impugn your honour as a gentleman in the course you had taken."
Sir Robert Peel, followed by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Henry Hardinge, advances with a bold front to demand satisfaction; which Mr. Hume, with his hat under his arm, as he usually disposes of it while addressing the House, is offering with Hume-ility. The gentleman retreating is Dr. Lushington, between whom and Sir Robert Peel a misunderstanding had arisen on a previous night; but, happily, had been explained without bloodshed.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.11700
