Images from the collections
Images about Great Britain - History - 1800-1837
4 images from works
Works from the collections
6 works
- Books
Trials of the King of Hampshire : madness, secrecy and betrayal in Georgian England / Elizabeth Foyster.
Elizabeth A. FoysterDate: 2016
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Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
Date: 2 February 1835Reference: 12241i- Pictures
The British lion is tormented by apes wearing coronets sitting on its back, prodding it, cutting off its tail and pulling it by a hook through the nose; representing Great Britain losing the Second Reform Bill in 1831 owing to the opposition of the House of Lords. Lithograph, 1831.
Date: October 15 1831Reference: 640525i
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The Duke of Wellington kisses the toe of the Pope, while Roobert Peel holds a rosary; representing Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by William Heath, ca 1829.
William HeathDate: [1829?]Reference: 36276i- Pictures
A rushing torrent of water, representing parliamentary reform, pours through a gap in a wall into the river Thames throwing numerous men including the Duke of Wellington off their feet. Lithograph by Henry Heath, 1832.
Henry HeathDate: 1832Reference: 642194i