'Conferring the Honorary Degree of Upon The Russian Embassador, omitted by mistake in the ceremonies of the 10th June at Oxford', 1834. Chancellor of Oxford University Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, confers the DCL (Doctor of Civil Law) degree on Christoph von Lieven, Russian ambassador to London, as Lieven's wife Dorothea Khristoforovna Lieven looks on. Satirical cartoon on British politics by '' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1834]

---

Size: 3750px × 4430px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: /, 19th, 1st, alexandra, alfred, ambassador, armagh, arthur, augustus, benckendorff, britain, british, brunswick-luneburg, brunswick-³neburg, brunswick-üneburg, caricature, cartoon, century, chancellor, christoph, concept, country, cumber, cumberland, degree, dorothea, douro, doyle, ducote, duc¶te, ducôte, duke, earl, education, eldon, ernest, freiin, furst, hanover, heinrich, herr, john, katharina, khristoforovna, king, lieven, marquess, mesothen, princess, scott, teviotdale, von, wellesley, wellington, zu, ürst