Illustration from an early edition "Punch" magazine by Ebenezer Landells, 1841: First picture of Queen Victoria in the magazine

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Illustration from an early edition "Punch" magazine by Ebenezer Landells, 1841: The first picture of Queen Victoria in the magazine; 19th century black and white illustration; Punch Magazine, or The London Charivari was a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour and political and social satire. Often critical of the ruling classes it was unafraid, in a time where deferrence was often the norm, to lampoon the antics of politicians, monarchs and nobility. Ebenezer Landells was one of the founders of Punch Magazine. The caption reads; "The Letter of Introduction". The cartoon portays Sir Robert Peel having been sent for by the queen to form an administration in place of the beaten Lord Melbourne.

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