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[Caroline Norton and Lord Melbourne] The Way They Teach the Catechism at Chipping Norton.
[n.d., 1836.]
Lithograph. Printed area 240 x 230mm (9½ x 9").
An elderly school mistress holding a switch, asks a boy standing before her 'Well my dear - what is your name?'; the boy replies 'N or M as the case may be'. A satire of George Norton's accusing Lord Melborne of adultery with his wife Caroline, suggesting the boy does not know who his father is. After the case, which George lost, he hid his children from Caroline for several years and prevented her getting a divorce. She spent much of her life campaigning for women's rights.
[Ref: 61436] £160.00
Lithograph. Printed area 240 x 230mm (9½ x 9").
An elderly school mistress holding a switch, asks a boy standing before her 'Well my dear - what is your name?'; the boy replies 'N or M as the case may be'. A satire of George Norton's accusing Lord Melborne of adultery with his wife Caroline, suggesting the boy does not know who his father is. After the case, which George lost, he hid his children from Caroline for several years and prevented her getting a divorce. She spent much of her life campaigning for women's rights.
[Ref: 61436] £160.00