Long expected come at last, or, The only besom of reform [graphic]

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Title: Long expected come at last, or, The only besom of reform [graphic]
Alternative Title: Only besom of reform
Creator: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. November 1830]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 1830 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Abstract: "William IV (left), with a huge broom inscribed 'Public Opinion', sweeps away his Ministers who rush to the right in ignominious haste. His broom is against Wellington's posterior; the others (left to right) are Bathurst, Goulburn, Peel, Ellenborough, and Aberdeen. Behind them is a seventh who may be Londonderry (not an ex-Minister). Wellington: 'Oh Bob that it should have come to this, where shall we hide -- where can we go? --curse Don-Key's fee fa-fum' [see BM Satires No. 16303, &c.]. The King: 'Now I shall have a clear House -- no more dictators! out with you all 29 against your own question. Off -- off'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Approximate month of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Brooms.
Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 215.
Provenance: Caricatures II; September 1968;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 36 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1830
Etchings England London 1830
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching ; and wove paper, hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 3d Earl, 1762-1834
Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of, 1790-1871
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860
Londonderry, Charles William Vane, Marquis of, 1778-1854
Subject (Topic): Brooms & brushes
Subjects: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 3d Earl, 1762-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of, 1790-1871 > Caricatures and cartoons
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860 > Caricatures and cartoons
Londonderry, Charles William Vane, Marquis of, 1778-1854 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brooms & brushes
England > 1830
England > London > 1830
19th century

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