Scanned by:
New York Public Library
Notes:
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 2, 2008.
Depicted content:
- The "Don Pacifico" conflict between Great Britain and Greece erupts over riot damage in Athens
- New administration takes office in Great Britain
- The Government falls in Britain; Lord Palmerston's Coalition gives way to the Earl of Derby's Conservatives
- In London, Lord Palmerston returns as Prime Minister of a new Whig-Liberal government
- In southern England, two-time British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston dies, aged 80.
- Lord Palmerston, late British prime minister, is buried in Westminster Abbey after a state funeral in London
Image type:
engraving
Courtesy of:
Humanities and Social Science Library, New York Public Library
Original caption:
Viscount Palmerston
Source citation:
Cigarette Card Collection, NYPL Digital Gallery
Source note:
Original image at NYPLDigitalGallery