A satire on the formation of a Tory Ministry by Wellington in 1828. Wellington is shown in the uniform of a Life Guards officer riding his charger over little men made of large wigs -- judges' wigs, barristers' wigs, bag-wigs -- as they flee in confus...
Alternative Title:
Kick up among the wigs
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by Tho. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Huskisson, W. 1770-1830 (William),, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
"George IV, in back view, pulls the strings of a puppet-show in a tall draped box like that of Punch, but topped by the Royal Arms. Three men (left) gape up at it: a yokel (John Bull), a ragged Irish haymaker, and a tall Highlander taking snuff. Heads...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1781-1875, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Huskisson, W. 1770-1830 (William),, and O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Puppet shows, Draperies, Coats of arms, Ethnic stereotypes, Rakes, Snuff, and Animal traps
