"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 schoolboys (right): 'Get you gone and never let me see your faces again till you are Reformed'. The boys are (left to right) Wellington, wearing a peaked cap and an old, over-large, military coat, and carrying a bag, walks hand in hand with Peel who wears an ill-fitting policeman's tunic and holds a slate on which is scrawled the figure of a policeman (see British Museum satires no. 15768, &c). Beside and behind them are Sadler and Wetherell. In front of Peel walks Twiss with a book under his arm; next him is the small Sugden wearing a pinafore. Taller than the others are Hunt wearing a hunting-cap and holding ajar of his blacking (see British Museum satires no. 16575) and Sir R. Wilson wearing a smock and a cap and holding a slate inscribed 'Bob Wilson'. Wellington to Peel: 'Oh Bobby--Bobby what shall we do now?' Wetherell, looking back, says (as late M.P. for Boroughbridge, cf. British Museum Satires No. 16602): 'I am afraid I shall never be admitted into the school again'. Hunt: 'Who would have thought I should have been Hunt-ed out already'. Wilson: 'Its a shocking bad Job' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 16646]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Headmaster turning out the incorrigibles
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with Henry Heath's monogram in lower right corner., and Month of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
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
Leaf 79. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man whole length seated in a chair, his right leg crossed over his left knee. He looks in profile to the right and points with his left hand, the other hangs over the arm of the chair holding a glove. He wears a fiat three-cornered hat, a short tightly curled wig, a pair of bands, and a voluminous gown. ... Probably a portrait of the head master of Westminster School, Dr. Samuel Smith, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4680, 4921."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text in Latin etched above title: Sanguineos oculos volvit, virgamque requirit., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "V. 4" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 79., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.1 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, July 30th, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Smith, Samuel, approximately 1731-1808
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, School principals, Chairs, Wigs, Gloves, Hats, and Robes
Leaf 79. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man whole length seated in a chair, his right leg crossed over his left knee. He looks in profile to the right and points with his left hand, the other hangs over the arm of the chair holding a glove. He wears a fiat three-cornered hat, a short tightly curled wig, a pair of bands, and a voluminous gown. ... Probably a portrait of the head master of Westminster School, Dr. Samuel Smith, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4680, 4921."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text in Latin etched above title: Sanguineos oculos volvit, virgamque requirit., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "V. 4" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, July 30th, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Smith, Samuel, approximately 1731-1808
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, School principals, Chairs, Wigs, Gloves, Hats, and Robes