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Friendly Advice Pam. 'My Dear Johnny, the Easter Vacation Is a Great Institution, so – Rest and Be Thankful!'

Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914)

Price

£1,450

Signed

Signed with monogram and dated 1864
Inscribed with title and publication details on original mount

Medium

Pencil

Dimensions

8 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches

Provenance

Mary Green (Nee Tenniel). the Artist's Sister, and Thence by Family Descent

Illustrated

Punch, 2 April 1864, Page 137

Exhibited

'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2012', November 2012 - January 2013, No 113

Friendly advice.
The liberal prime minister, Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), first made his mark as the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and is best remembered for his aggressively interventionist foreign policy. this placed stress upon his own foreign secretary, Lord John Russell (1792-1878). in 1864, Russell had to represent Palmerston in two particularly controversial issues: his attempted support of Denmark against Prussia’s intended annexation of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, and his apparently neutral response to the American Civil War.

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