"The gateway of St. James's Palace. On its flagstaff is a standard bearing Bute's arms with the motto 'Avito viret honore' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 4423). Under the archway a Scotsman in kilt and plaid holds a prancing horse by the tail. Anothe...
Alternative Title:
He rules as absolutely and with as much indignity ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Saint James's Palace (London, England),
A satire of the 1832 Reform Bill, with a see-saw with the Crown as the fulcrum. At the center is William IV, waving the Union flag; to the right is Lord Grey, seated on the lever, helping William balance with a scroll marked 'Union', with John Bull st...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by O. Hodgson, 10 Cloth Fair
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Seesaws, Crowns, Flags, and British
Heading to printed verses. George IV has just come ashore, with a boat seen on the coast behind him and the royal yacht out in the water beyond; he carries a scepter in his right hand a large green bag on his back, the ties of which resemble antlers o...
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Moss, Thomas, 1738 or 1739-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Arrivals & departures, Scepters, Bags, Boats, Yachts, Flags, and Military uniforms
Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters.
Publisher:
George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):
Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):
Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters.
Publisher:
George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):
Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):
Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
A view of wartime merriment: A procession of sailors and their women, escorted by fiddlers, passes a background of shops towards a gateway across the end of the street (left). The purveyor of the jollification, a sailor who has inherited money, sits ...
