A picture of futurity [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A picture of futurity [graphic]
- Creator
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
- Tregear, G. S. active 19th century, publisher.
- Published / Created
- May 1831.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. by G. Tregear, Cheapside
- Abstract
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Grey stands in the center pulling back a curtain on the large painting (right) addressing the three men (probably Peel, Cumberland, and Wellington) who look on in amazement. Grey says, "Gentlemen this is a fine color'd picture representing Futurity. The idea of which was concieved [sic] by an injured people and painted by a new and promising artist. Reform." Reading from the left Peel looks at himself in the painting seated in a chair at a loom, "Why if there a'nt me at a spinning Jenny." Cumberland, hat flying off, looking at himself depicted in the painting on his backside, "And me dying on a dunghill." And Wellington closest to the painting that depicts him as a wounded soldier holding a broom and begging with his cap in hand, observes "And me begging." In the painting is a tower with the British and French flags the former with the year 1814, referencing the Wellington's successful campaign to end the Peninsular War
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. - Provenance
- Symonds Rare Books; March 2022.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 28 x 41 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 831.05.00.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1831
Lithographs England London 1831 - Material
- lithograph ; and wove hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Great Britain. Parliament
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 - Subject (Topic)
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Reform
Politics and government
Begging
Spinning machinery
Paintings - Subjects
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Great Britain. Parliament > Reform
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1800-1837
Begging
Spinning machinery
Paintings
England > 1831
England > London > 1831
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16186395
- Object ID (OID)
- 33118907