"Hibernia (left) seated under a tree receives advances from four men representing France, Spain, Holland, and Portugal. She holds a spear, and a shield on which is the Irish harp. At her side is a large roll inscribed "Irish Linnen" and a corded bale ...
Alternative Title:
Suitors to Hibernia on her having a free trade
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 18, 1780, by I. Mills, No. 1 Ratcliff Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign economic relations, Free trade, and Clothing & dress
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 oppositio...
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
