"METROPOLITAN POLITICAL UNION (16079) O'Connell leans over a railing, addressing a braying crowd below, all with asses' heads. Hunt stands behind him, holding up a pot of his blacking (see British Museum Satires No. 16575). O'C: 'Brothers, for ye are...
Description:
Titles etched above or below the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Schwarzenberg, Felix, Fürst zu, 1800-1852, Digby, Jane Elizabeth, 1807-1881, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, Earl of, 1604-1657., and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Donkeys, Graffiti, Signs (Notices), Theatrical productions, Rain, Frogs, Taxes, Reform, Corsets, Adultery, Faces, Veterans' benefits, Disabled veterans, and Amputees
In the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the p...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Servants, Chamber pots, and Building failures
In the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the p...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Servants, Chamber pots, and Building failures
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[15 June 1834]
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 19 Box 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to five designs in each row, individually titled. Starting with the largest design in its own row at top, "The cigar mania" shows a busy street scene with men and boys of all ages and social classes smoking cigars and dis...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger, using caption above largest design at top.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, and Ross & Nightingale
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Londonderry, Charles William Vane, Marquis of, 1778-1854 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
