"Wellington takes a flying stride from a braying ass (right) with tail erect and its feet firmly planted. His hair rises, his top-hat falls off, and he looks behind him to say: 'Oh save me, save, Bob, run tell the King!' The donkey (Key) brays 'fe . f...
Alternative Title:
Great general frightened by donkey
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1830 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Key, John, 1794-1858., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850., and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
"William IV stands, very erect and stern, in profile to the right, holding at arm's length a birch-rod inscribed 'Reform'. Behind him, as ushers, on the extreme left, Brougham and Grey stand in consultation. The King says to a body of discomfited scho...
Alternative Title:
Headmaster turning out the incorrigibles
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sadler, Michael Thomas, 1780-1835, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, Wilson, Robert, Sir, 1777-1849, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Taxation, School principals, School children, and Punishment devices
An aspirational dustman in ragged clothes, a monocle hanging from his hat, and smoking a cigar, sits in a chair before the hearth reading a book, "An introduction to the pleasures of ... schince by Barnart Botherum [...] dedicated to the majesty of th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 1828 by S. Maunder, 10 Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Garbage collecting, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Interiors, Fireplaces, Smoking, and Reading
