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1. The omni-buss [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 October 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.10.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Omnibus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printseller's announcement following publication statement: sole publisher of WH's etchings.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholics, Catholic emancipation, Debts, public, John Bull (Symbolic character), Economic conditions, Buses, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The omni-buss [graphic]