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These two well-known images by George Cruikshank are an excellent example of how visual satires could contribute to politicized public identities for individual politicians.

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(Images: British Museum collection)

Up for auction at Sotheby's: Daniel Gardner's intriguing watercolour portrait of a young #ViscountCastlereagh, dated to the 1780s.

Here's hoping that it lands somewhere where it will be available for research🤞

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As we turn the corner into the week of August 12, I want to focus this #Castlereagh200 🧵 on a final area of #MentalHealth risk connected to the workplace: job insecurity.

Bear with me though--I turn this one on its head.

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Playing out at the same time, the trial of Queen Caroline represented a value conflict similar to those Castlereagh had experienced following the Irish Union: royal interests clashing with ministerial judgement.

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Moving later in Castlereagh's career, and into diplomacy, Castlereagh was personally accountable for trying to balance the conflicting values of Britain's constitutional system and the authoritarian monarchies of the Holy Alliance.

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For instance, in 1820 when Castlereagh was trying to manage increasingly fractious Continental allies, the King's insistence on pursuing a divorce from Queen Caroline ate up most of the Government's policy agenda (and Castlereagh's time) for an entire parliamentary session.
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Related to emotional discordance, it's also interesting to note that Castlereagh was, by most accounts, quite reserved by nature; one biographer termed him “a complete introvert,” and Princess Lieven found it “strange how timid he is,” and somewhat awkward in social settings.
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When at home, Castlereagh usually used his weekends for diplomacy, often reserving Sundays for in-person discussions with ambassadors etc either at his townhouse in St James Square or at the country home at North Cray. (Img: Higham, 1822, BM Collection) 11/

While Rembrandt steals the show, the exhibit #TheCollectorsCosmos is also well worth a visit, highlighting the Meakins-McClaran print collection. While most of the prints are N.European, there are others of interest including Manet and Colville.

George Hayter's preparatory sketch of Sir John Copley (later 1st Baron Lyndhurst) as Solicitor General, made during the trial of #QueenCaroline (1820).

Alternative title: 'A portrayal of a death glare.'

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