File:March 1829 (BM 1948,0214.917 1).jpg
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[edit]March 1829
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Published by: John Chappell
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March 1829 |
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English: The beam of scales inscribed 'Public Opinion' hangs from clouds on a chain. The two scales are (left) 'Liberality, March of Intellect' [see BM Satires No. 15604, &c], and (right) 'Prudence, Experience'; the former is for, the latter against, Emancipation. O'Connell stands in one with a rolled document inscribed 'Association' [see BM Satires No. 14766, &c]; Eldon is in the other which is lower, though both are well above the ground. Both are weighted by newspapers. In O'Connell's scale are (Irish) bayonets and pikes, the 'Morning Chronic'[le], the 'Globe', and a broom labelled 'Schoolmaster' to indicate Brougham, see BM Satires No. 15535. But more weighty is a big cylinder, 'The Times', dangling from the scale by a rope, which the Devil clutches: if he succeeds in pulling the scale down it will fall into the pit of Hell, whence flames rise between the green 'Hill of Howth' (left) and the English plateau (right).
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Depicted people | Associated with: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1829 date QS:P571,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1948,0214.917 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) Cobbett, by dint of violent attacks on O'Connell, Wellington, and Sadler (for his speech against the Bill) in relation to Catholic Relief, was establishing a non-committal attitude, with a considerable measure of hostility to the Bill (but with expressions of sympathy for Catholics), seemingly influenced by fear of unpopularity in what he called 'The No-Popery Battle'; he prophesied ('Pol. Reg.', 7 Mar.) the Bill would never be passed. The 'rats' in the Emancipation contest were the Tory apostates, Peel being rat or rat-catcher-in-chief (a part taken by Wellington in No. 15806), see No. 15734. They had already been traduced as rats for deserting Canning in 1827, see No. 15383. The Duchess of Richmond had "stuffed 'rats' under glass cases on her drawing-room table, to which Her Grace affixed the names of all the apostates". A live rat was introduced into the Lords during one of the debates. 'Croker Papers', ii. 15 (7 May). This was a manifestation of the Tory revolt, see No. 16302; cf. No. 15896. For the Press and Emancipation see No. 15677, &c. An amateurish but effective design, similar in manner to No. 15695. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1948-0214-917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date and time of digitizing | 09:29, 14 November 2018 |
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