- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. April 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.04.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pugilistic encounter between two old market-women who are Eldon (left) and Wellington (right). Eldon is much the stouter and more purposeful, facing his enemy grimly and aggressively. He has a basket of oranges (emblem of the Orange Lodges) beside him, and wears a flat wide-brimmed hat. Wellington wears a soldier's coat over his skirt and apron (as beggar-women or basket-women often did, cf. (e.g.) BM Satires No. 15763). His profile is apprehensive, his hands loosely closed and on the defensive. Each has a bottle-holder; that of Eldon is John Bull, a stout yokel who puts his hand on his principal's bulging posterior, saying, 'Welldone--old Mother Baggs--you have got the best bottom after all. see what it is to have a good Constitution--give it her--she has'ent got the Mounshears to deal with now.' Wellington's supporter is a bare-legged Irish ragamuffin with a pipe thrust in his little hat. He capers excitedly, putting a hand on Wellington's back to push him forward, saying, 'Murder ye ould cat kape your fists Tight--or you'I let the Ould Orange-Woman bate ye clane.' In the background is a freely sketched crowd of spectators, women of St. Giles or Billingsgate. Two only are characterized: a fat woman with parson's wig and bands, with a basket of 'Oxford Sauce' on her head, looks over her shoulder at a handsome young virago (Peel), who is shouting at her, to say: 'Come give us none of your Jaw--Mother peel'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sketch of the row in Parliament Street
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political & other caricatuers are dail [sic] publishing., Approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Temporary local subject terms: Market-women -- Fruit -- Emblems -- Orange Lodges -- Male costume: Soldier's coat -- Peasants -- Irish ragamuffin -- Pipes -- Markets., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 185.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Subject (Name):
- Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sketch of the row in Parliment Street [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately February 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.02.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "After the title: "--Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant bow--Mil[ton]. The Pope sits in a Gothic chair whose back is at an angle with the picture plane: Wellington, in profile to the right, kneels at his feet, supporting the Pope's right foot, and fervently kisses his toe (as in BM Satires No. 15665). He wears civilian dress, but a plumed cocked hat lies beside him. Peel (left) stands behind, eagerly waiting his turn, his hands together as if in prayer. Each holds a rosary. The Pope, who has a red and vulturine nose, wears a tall tiara."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily pub., Approximate date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: "Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant bow-Mil[t]on., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Watermark: J. Whatman 1829., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 192.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, England, Popes, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Doing homage [graphic]