A wolf in sheep's clothing!! being No. 2 of the Reformers Christmas Box for 1835 / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A wolf in sheep's clothing!! being No. 2 of the Reformers Christmas Box for 1835 / [graphic]
- Published / Created
- [1835]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A man sits in a chair at center, dressed entirely in wooly sheep's clothing but with a human head in profile visible beneath the sheep's head; his nose and chin are suggestive of the Duke of Wellington, and a speech bubble from his mouth reads "Reform." Nine other men (politicians?) are in the room with him, two sitting and the rest standing. A sign on the back wall mentions "the Boro' of Halifax," which combined with a speech bubble mention of "Protheroe" likely references the British Radical and Whig politician Edward Davis Protheroe. Another sign on the wall reads "Tory Creed, Force or Fraud!!," while the one on the far right begins "Hx. Election!" and ends with a mention of "John. L. Edw-ds, Non-Elector & Chairman." Seemingly a satire on various reforms that were being debated and voted upon in Parliament in the mid-1830s
- Description
- Title from text etched above and below image.
- Provenance
- Brian Maidment; July 2024.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 12.6 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 13.5 x 22.5 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Maidment Un58 no. 25
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1835
Etchings England London 1835 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Protheroe, Edward Davis, approximately 1798-1852. - Subject (Topic)
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Politicians
Reform
Sheep
Signs (Notices) - Subjects
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Protheroe, Edward Davis, approximately 1798-1852
Politicians > Great Britain
Reform
Sheep
Signs (Notices)
England > 1835
England > London > 1835
Maidment, Brian > Donor
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 99175338313408651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33383668
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