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Richard Oastler, 12 Coffee Gallery, Fleet Prison Dec. 9 1840
Madeley lith. 5 Wellington St. Strand
Lithograph, rare, sheet 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed. Bit messy.
Richard Oastler (1789 - 1861), factory reformer. Oastler was famously 'awakened' in 1830 to the cruelties routinely practiced in English textile mills, and throughout the 1830s was an infuential advocate of factory reform, his oratorical skills earned him the sobriquet 'The factory king'. His paternalistic view of society meant that Oastler, the quintessential Tory radical, abhorred the idea of strikes, trade unions and universal suffrage. Eventually, in 1838, Thomas Thornhill, the squire of Fixby who employed Oastler as a steward on his estate, turned against Oastler, dismissing him and initiating legal proceedings against him. Unable to repay debts to Thornhill which he had accumulated, Oastler was committed to the Fleet prison for three and a half years (the date on this print is the date his sentence began). As this portrait suggests, Oastler kept busy in prison editing a weekly newspaper, and continued to edit a magazine after his release, but these had little influence. It was not as a writer but as a presence and speaker that Oastler was most influential.
[Ref: 41659] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley lith. 5 Wellington St. Strand
Lithograph, rare, sheet 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed. Bit messy.
Richard Oastler (1789 - 1861), factory reformer. Oastler was famously 'awakened' in 1830 to the cruelties routinely practiced in English textile mills, and throughout the 1830s was an infuential advocate of factory reform, his oratorical skills earned him the sobriquet 'The factory king'. His paternalistic view of society meant that Oastler, the quintessential Tory radical, abhorred the idea of strikes, trade unions and universal suffrage. Eventually, in 1838, Thomas Thornhill, the squire of Fixby who employed Oastler as a steward on his estate, turned against Oastler, dismissing him and initiating legal proceedings against him. Unable to repay debts to Thornhill which he had accumulated, Oastler was committed to the Fleet prison for three and a half years (the date on this print is the date his sentence began). As this portrait suggests, Oastler kept busy in prison editing a weekly newspaper, and continued to edit a magazine after his release, but these had little influence. It was not as a writer but as a presence and speaker that Oastler was most influential.
[Ref: 41659] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Extraordinary Exploit On Tuesday the 17th of January 1826, Mr. Henry Hunt Jun.r for a bet of 100 Guineas made with a Noble Lord of sporting celebrity drove his Father's Matchless Blacking Van with four blood horses upon the Ice over the Serpentine at the broadest part[...]
Ingrey & Madeley Lithog. 310 Strand
J. Limbird 143 Strand [1826]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Glued to backing sheet at top corners. Bottom left corner made up.
Illustration of a man driving a van across the Serpentine river in London's Hyde Park for a bet. The text assures us that 'he accomplished the hazardous task in the grandest style without the smallest accident'.
[Ref: 39595] £480.00
Ingrey & Madeley Lithog. 310 Strand
J. Limbird 143 Strand [1826]
Scarce lithograph, sheet 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Glued to backing sheet at top corners. Bottom left corner made up.
Illustration of a man driving a van across the Serpentine river in London's Hyde Park for a bet. The text assures us that 'he accomplished the hazardous task in the grandest style without the smallest accident'.
[Ref: 39595] £480.00