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Robert Peel, Prime Minister, as a Baker, Duke of Wellington carrying advertising placard. From 1815 to 1846 Corn Laws kept corn prices high to protect farmers from foreign competition. The poor suffered from the high price of bread. Repealed in mid-1846. Cartoon From 'Punch', London, January 1846.
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Robert Peel, Prime Minister, as a Baker, Duke of Wellington carrying advertising placard. From 1815 to 1846 Corn Laws kept corn prices high to protect farmers from foreign competition. The poor suffered from the high price of bread. Repealed in mid-1846. Cartoon From 'Punch', London, January 1846.
Category:
UIG HISTORY
Credit:
Album / Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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3546 x 4932 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
30.0 x 41.8 cm | 11.8 x 16.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1815 • 1846 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ADVERTISING • AGRICOLA • AGRICOLTURE • AGRICULTURAL • AGRICULTURE • AGRICULTURIST • ARABLE FARMING • BAKER • BREAD • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CARICATURE • CARICATURES • CARRYING • CARTOON • CITY OF LONDON • COMPETITION • COMPETITION. • CONTEST • CORN (VEGETABLE) • CORN • DUKE • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • FARMER • FARMERS • FARMING • FOOD • FOODSTUFFS • FOREIGN • GOVERNMENT • GRAIN • GREAT BRITAIN • GREAT-BRITAIN • HIGH • JANUARY • KEEP WARM • KEPT • LAWS • LOAVES OF BREAD • LONDON CITY • LONDON • LONDON. • MAIZ • MAIZE = CORN (VEGETABLE) • MAIZE • MEAL • MID-1846 • MINISTER • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PAUPER • PEASANT • PEEL • PLACARD • POLICY • POLITIC • POLITICAL • POLITICIAN • POLITICS • POOR MAN • POOR • POVERTY • PRICE • PRICES • PRIME • PROTECT • PROTECTIONISM • PUNCH • REPEALED • ROBERT • STATESMAN • SUFFERED • U. K. • UIG HISTORY • UNITED KINGDOM • WELLINGTON • WHEAT • XIX CENTURY • ZEA MAYS
