Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 26th, 1831.
Call Number:
831.03.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the electoral Reform Bill of 1831, which was passed soon after this print was issued. Grant shows the figure of blind Justice leaning out from a mass of billowing clouds and holding her scales labelled "Reform 1813". The load on the left ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, Cabinet officers, Clergy, Crowds, Demonstrations, Judges, Justice, and Scales
A tall, fashionable young woman walks with her arm linked in the arm of a short, obese, red-face man who grins as he looks up at her. He carries a walking stick. She wears a large hat and holds a eyeglass
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Covent Garden
Three caricatured heads surrounded by the words of the title which are formed by etched human figures in various poses and other scenes showing figures from a variety of trades (including a dustman), fighting, boxing, courting, etc
