![[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] This Statue of Roman Cement_has been erected at the cost of the 40s Freeholders- The Noblest Roman of the All.](jpegs/58272.jpg)
[Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington] This Statue of Roman Cement_has been erected at the cost of the 40s Freeholders- The Noblest Roman of the All.
[Monogram of Paul Pry, pseudonym of William Heath] Esq.
Pub April by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained.
Caricature of the Duke of Wellington, referring to the Bill to disenfranchise the forty shilling Irish freeholders which accompanied the Catholic Emancipation Relief Act, raising fivefold the economic qualifications for voting. The Bill passed with little opposition but not without protest. Wellington as a statue in Roman armour, holding against his right hip a document inscribed 'Emancipation'. He wears a wreath of battered ears of corn (suggesting the straw crown of the lunatic as well as the Corn Bill), and faces an aggressive raven with the head of Eldon. Other menacing birds fly near. From the pedestal, as a background to the Duke's legs, projects a trophy of flags topped by French imperial eagles, with spear, bayonet, &c.
BM Satires: 15722.
[Ref: 58272] £260.00
Pub April by T McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Time stained.
Caricature of the Duke of Wellington, referring to the Bill to disenfranchise the forty shilling Irish freeholders which accompanied the Catholic Emancipation Relief Act, raising fivefold the economic qualifications for voting. The Bill passed with little opposition but not without protest. Wellington as a statue in Roman armour, holding against his right hip a document inscribed 'Emancipation'. He wears a wreath of battered ears of corn (suggesting the straw crown of the lunatic as well as the Corn Bill), and faces an aggressive raven with the head of Eldon. Other menacing birds fly near. From the pedestal, as a background to the Duke's legs, projects a trophy of flags topped by French imperial eagles, with spear, bayonet, &c.
BM Satires: 15722.
[Ref: 58272] £260.00