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1. Boroughmongers' attack on the British column [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1830]
- Call Number:
- 830.00.00.159++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- The opponents of parliamentary reform, including Wellington and Peel, attempt to pull down a column topped by Lord John Russell, a portrait of William IV on the plinth. The "Explanation of the engraving": This spirited sketch was originally designed ...
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text above image.
- Publisher:
- Printed by R. Heppel, 113 Coleshill-Street, Birmingham ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, and Great Britain. Parliament.
- Subject (Topic):
- Reform, Politics and government, Banners, Flags, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Boroughmongers' attack on the British column [graphic].
2. Lork what a long tail our cat has got [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 February 1831]
- Call Number:
- 831.02.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin cat with the head of Charles Grey walks on top of a wall. In his mourn is a fish labeled "First Lord of the Treasury 6000". His long tail, curving around the design and ending at the bottom right, is covered in white patches that are labeled w...
- Alternative Title:
- Tommy Grey with the tail of his order!!!
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 15, 1831, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarke [sic]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Nepotism, Reform, History, Politics and government, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lork what a long tail our cat has got [graphic]
3. The head master turning out the incorrigibles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. May 1831]
- Call Number:
- 831.05.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head master turning out the incorrigibles [graphic]
4. The party wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- 1832.
- Call Number:
- 832.00.00.49+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Queen Adelaide, side-saddle on a horse with a man's face, Lord Grey, using spurs and a riding crop to press him into the 'Slough of Despond', joining other politicians including Wellington. Grey says, " Don't drive so hard; you will worry me to death....
- Description:
- Title from text below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Parliament, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837., Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Reform, Politics and government, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The party wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
5. The school of reform [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1831]
- Call Number:
- 831.02.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Grey as schoolmaster stands on a low dais in profile to the right, addressing nine schoolboys (Tories); he holds an open book, 'Reformers First Primer', and leans on his desk, saying, 'Say after Me I Shou'd Reform Thou Shoudst Reform He Shoud Reform ...
- Alternative Title:
- Conjugation of the verb To reform
- Description:
- Title from text below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 1831 by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Lecterns, Teachers, Books, Reform, Students, Chairs, and Fools' caps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The school of reform [graphic]