"METROPOLITAN POLITICAL UNION (16079) O'Connell leans over a railing, addressing a braying crowd below, all with asses' heads. Hunt stands behind him, holding up a pot of his blacking (see British Museum Satires No. 16575). O'C: 'Brothers, for ye are...
Description:
Titles etched above or below the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Schwarzenberg, Felix, Fürst zu, 1800-1852, Digby, Jane Elizabeth, 1807-1881, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, Earl of, 1604-1657., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Donkeys, Graffiti, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, Rain, Frogs, Taxes, Reform, Corsets, Adultery, Faces, Veterans' benefits, Disabled veterans, and Amputees
"A view of the stage (right) with pit and orchestra in the left foreground, the royal box on the stage with a box above it, adjoining the gallery, below which is a large grand tier-box. The audience applaud and laugh, the Royal box excepted; the orche...
Alternative Title:
Fall of the boro'mongers and Fall of the boroughmongers
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. MacLean, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Wetherell, Charles, Sir, 1770-1846, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Great Britain.
