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
Authors of the Catholic Reform Bill, Wellington and Peel are dressed in tall conical caps and tied to the back of chair carried by Eldon. A fat bishop, probably Howley, walks behind, carrying the legs of the chair, as the head of Cumberland with gapp...
Alternative Title:
Don't you remember the fifth of November
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Howley, William, 1766-1848, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Politics and government, and John Bull (Symbolic character)
"John Bull as a Chinese, in Chinese costume, hugely corpulent sits full-face in an arm-chair, legs extended, hands resting on the sides of his paunch. He looks to three doctors on the left, the foremost being Grey, who leans towards him, pointing to h...
Alternative Title:
John Bull and the doctors
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Hoo Loo, 1799-1831., Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764-1845, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, and Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Tumors, Surgery, Politicians, and Obesity
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 ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
John Bull, supported by Peel, lies on the ground while Wellington uses a crossbar to force into his mouth a piece of paper entitled "Catholic emancipation. John Bull shouts "Murder! if you get it down it will ruin by consitution." Wellington dressed ...
Alternative Title:
Dr. Arther & his man Bob giving John Bull a bolus and Dr. Arther and his man Bob giving John Bull a bolus
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Catholic emancipation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, Medicines, Politicians, and Physicians
"Two rival booths at a fair represent the hustings at the Dorset election. Grey, as showman, stands on a flimsy platform beside a sloping gangway up which spectators (voters) are thronging to his booth; he holds out a bill: 'The Bill the whole Bill & ...
Alternative Title:
Rival mountebanks and Dorsetshire juggler
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published 25th May 1831 by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Calcraft, John, 1765-1831, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, Bankes, George, 1788-1856., and Calcraft, John, 1765-1831.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political science, Politics, Practical, Elections, Reformers, elections, Politicians, Political elections, Fairs, Exhibit booths, Stages (Platforms), Legislation, and Spectators
Founded by Peter Hall. Incorrectly attributed by some authorities to Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield, who contributed some fables under the title "The modern Aesop," and other matter. In later life Disraeli expressly denied having been the ed...
"Wetherell (left), an invalid in dressing-gown and night-cap, reclines in an arm-chair, exhausted but laughing. Facing him stands Eldon in deep dejection, saying, with both hands raised, 'Poor Boroughbridge! how is it with you?' Cumberland, on the ext...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Commodes, Crying, Deathbeds, Government officials, and British
"Wetherell (left), an invalid in dressing-gown and night-cap, reclines in an arm-chair, exhausted but laughing. Facing him stands Eldon in deep dejection, saying, with both hands raised, 'Poor Boroughbridge! how is it with you?' Cumberland, on the ext...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by C. Motte, 25 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Commodes, Crying, Deathbeds, Government officials, and British
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
