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1. A kick up among the whigs [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1828?]
- Call Number:
- 828.01.00.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the formation of a Tory Ministry by Wellington in 1828. Wellington is shown in the uniform of a Life Guards officer riding his charger over little men made of large wigs -- judges' wigs, barristers' wigs, bag-wigs -- as they flee in confusion. One clings to the strap around Wellington's arm, crying "Hold tight Huskey" (Huskisson). George IV stands in the background, hands on his hips, laughing at the scene
- Alternative Title:
- Kick up among the wigs
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., and Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Tho. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Huskisson, W. 1770-1830 (William),, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
- Subject (Topic):
- Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A kick up among the whigs [graphic]
