Title from caption below center image., Artist from signature on other prints in the series., Five designs on one plate, each individually titled., One print in a series. Other prints in the series published with series title: The art of tormenting., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet mutilated in upper right corner with possible loss of plate number., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1831 by Chas. Tilt, 86, Fleet Street
Titles from captions below images., Printmaker and date of publication from later print in series., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from central prominent design., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Captions from other scraps include: Tiger Lilly; Honorary members of the temperence society; 1st of September; "Alas poor ghosts!", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 with the names of his relations, their positions, and the amount of their pay. A stick figure of Wellington, with sword raised, appears in the right corner above the end of the tail. Posted on the wall are two signs: "Commit no nuisance" and "Reform in Parliament meeting will be [illegible scrawl]."
Alternative Title:
Tommy Grey with the tail of his order!!!
Description:
Title from caption etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 26th, 1831.
Call Number:
831.03.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the electoral Reform Bill of 1831, which was passed soon after this print was issued. Grant shows the figure of blind Justice leaning out from a mass of billowing clouds and holding her scales labelled "Reform 1813". The load on the left side labeled "People', though containing fewer documents -- Magna Carta, Economy & Retrenchment, Peace of Plenty, Extension of the Electi[c] Franchise, Cheap Government -- is heavier than the other plate "Oligarchy" which is weighted down by: Bribes, Corruption, Six Acts, Corn Law, Church, Rotten Boroughs, Corporation Charters, Law & Iniquity, Taxes, Imposts, Holy Alliance, [F?]onal Debt. A group of four men in the left foreground include a judge; the one man says "Behold! a mere feather turns the ballance in our favour and saves us from revolution & disgrace." Just beyond them in the middle distance the King stands firmly and says "The triumph of this great & vital cause will fix my crown more firm upon my head." On the right a group of over six men including a clergyman who wipes his brow and cries "The draft is in their favor. Our cause is lost. Oh dictatorium, dictatorium, dic-". Another gentleman behind him cries "They may vainly recken on a paltry unit, we have yet power to rent it peicemeal [sic]." In the distance a crowd cheers, and some hold signs for "Reform" and "Support the King & his ministers", etc
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Cabinet officers, Clergy, Crowds, Demonstrations, Judges, Justice, and Scales
Three caricatured heads surrounded by the words of the title which are formed by etched human figures in various poses and other scenes showing figures from a variety of trades (including a dustman), fighting, boxing, courting, etc
Description:
Title from text above image, Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possible title page to a series of prints., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Twelve small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Fourteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above images., Printmaker and date of publication from later prints in series., Fifteen small designs on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
