File:A sketch for a national monument. Or William the Fourth on his Grey charger. (BM 1868,0808.9455).jpg
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[edit]A sketch for a national monument. Or William the Fourth on his Grey charger.
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A sketch for a national monument. Or William the Fourth on his Grey charger. |
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| Description |
English: The King rides a rearing horse with the profile head of Grey inset in the animal's head. Under the hooves are prostrate Tories, against whom the King uses a spear inscribed 'Reform'. He holds a shield inscribed 'My People' above a lion rampant. Prominent are Wetherell, with Wellington sprawling across him, and lying also on (?) Wharncliffe. On the right are Eldon, Lyndhurst, and a bishop (with a hoof on his neck). On the left, behind Wellington, are Newcastle and Cumberland, who says:
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| Depicted people | Associated with: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1832 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.9455 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) A satire on Grey's retention of power after Wellington had failed to form a Ministry, see No. 17032. Peel expects to profit from his refusal to co-operate, which had wrecked the Duke's chance: this was a refusal not at the expense of his consistency but in vindication of it; see Kitson Clark, 'Peel', 1936, pp. 69 f. A contrast to the many prints which stress the King's 'double dealing' or criminal weakness over the crisis. For Peel and a peerage cf. No. 16125. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9455 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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