The omni-buss [graphic]

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Title: The omni-buss [graphic]
Alternative Title: Omnibus
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [15 October 1829]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Abstract: Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on either side, stock characters of an Irishman and Scotsman wearing traditional hats. They ride on a road labelled "national debt' as the horses hoves sink in the mud labelled "sinking fund." Peel rides behind in the conductor's seat. One of the four curtains on the windows of the omnibus is pulled aside to reveal George IV about to kiss Lady Conyngham. The splash board of the new omnibus is painted with the gold initials 'GR' and a crown
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: sole publisher of WH's etchings.
Provenance: Michael Finney; 27 August 2008;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Great Britain
Subject (Name): Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic): Catholics
Catholic emancipation
Debts, public
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Economic conditions
Buses
British
Subjects: Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catholics > Great Britain
Catholic emancipation
Debts, public > Great Britain
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1760-1860
Buses > British > 1829
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

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