Publicans Sport for October or the Beer Bill in Full Opperation.
London Pub.d by O. Hodgson, Cloth Fair. [n.d., 1830.]
Lithograph with very fine hand-colour. Sheet: 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼") large margins.
A satirical print commenting on the Duke of Wellington's Beerhouse Act of 1830 which removed beer taxes and introduced new licensing laws in an attempt to reduce the consumption of gin. A large pelican-like bird, whose body is a sack of hops, catches up brewers and ale-house keepers in his beak while other figures flee, Wellington and two other ministers ride on the creature's back.
[Ref: 43628] £280.00
Lithograph with very fine hand-colour. Sheet: 245 x 390mm (9¾ x 15¼") large margins.
A satirical print commenting on the Duke of Wellington's Beerhouse Act of 1830 which removed beer taxes and introduced new licensing laws in an attempt to reduce the consumption of gin. A large pelican-like bird, whose body is a sack of hops, catches up brewers and ale-house keepers in his beak while other figures flee, Wellington and two other ministers ride on the creature's back.
[Ref: 43628] £280.00