Print of a cartoon: Anticipated radical meeting
TitlePrint of a cartoon: Anticipated radical meeting
ReferenceFRAMED/612
Date
20 Apr 1831
Production date 1831-04-20 - 1831-04-20
Scope and ContentFrom Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: vol 11
"Published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, April 20th 1831, Lithograph
Hunt speaks to an enthusiastic audience of Tories from a wagon (as at this Smithfield and other meetings). This is marked 'Hunt's Match[less Blacking], and contains a box of blacking jars. He is in back view, stooping with his r. fist raised: "Will the bill I ask, do away with places and pensions? (cheers) will it abolish tithes and taxes? (cheers) In a word will it make the poor rich and happpy? (Great cheering) No! It will do none of these! therefore I say this bill is all a delusion! (tremendous cheering and waving of hats).
A standing crowd faces him, with Sugden on the extreme l., holding up a placard: 'Hunt the Matchless Reformer'. Peel in the foreground holds out his hat, next to him stands Goulburn. Twiss is prominent, waving his hat, while Wetherell grins over his shoulder. The shouts are 'Hunt for ever' [twice], 'Bravo Hunt' and 'Hunt is the man for us!'. On the r., on a stand hidden by the cart, is seated a group of peers. Wellington in front listens intently with folded arms; Ellenborough sits on his r., waving his hat, Aberdeen looks over Wellington's l. shoulder. Behind is Cumberland, behind whom stands Eldon waving his hat and shouting "One cheer more"! Two (ill-matched) dogs sniff at each other in amity.
Hunt opposed the Reform Bill on ultra-Radical grounds on Apr. 14; O'Connell said he (Hunt) had shown the Tories 'he was a lumping pennyworth if they were disposed to purchase'. Cobbett attacked Hunt, citing allegedly complimentary comments by Tories on his attitude to the Bill."
"Published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, April 20th 1831, Lithograph
Hunt speaks to an enthusiastic audience of Tories from a wagon (as at this Smithfield and other meetings). This is marked 'Hunt's Match[less Blacking], and contains a box of blacking jars. He is in back view, stooping with his r. fist raised: "Will the bill I ask, do away with places and pensions? (cheers) will it abolish tithes and taxes? (cheers) In a word will it make the poor rich and happpy? (Great cheering) No! It will do none of these! therefore I say this bill is all a delusion! (tremendous cheering and waving of hats).
A standing crowd faces him, with Sugden on the extreme l., holding up a placard: 'Hunt the Matchless Reformer'. Peel in the foreground holds out his hat, next to him stands Goulburn. Twiss is prominent, waving his hat, while Wetherell grins over his shoulder. The shouts are 'Hunt for ever' [twice], 'Bravo Hunt' and 'Hunt is the man for us!'. On the r., on a stand hidden by the cart, is seated a group of peers. Wellington in front listens intently with folded arms; Ellenborough sits on his r., waving his hat, Aberdeen looks over Wellington's l. shoulder. Behind is Cumberland, behind whom stands Eldon waving his hat and shouting "One cheer more"! Two (ill-matched) dogs sniff at each other in amity.
Hunt opposed the Reform Bill on ultra-Radical grounds on Apr. 14; O'Connell said he (Hunt) had shown the Tories 'he was a lumping pennyworth if they were disposed to purchase'. Cobbett attacked Hunt, citing allegedly complimentary comments by Tories on his attitude to the Bill."
Extent1 item
Physical descriptionDimensions (H X W): 444mm X 355mmm, paper mounted on paper
Persons keywordHunt, Henry, Sugden, Edward, Peel, Robert, Goulburn, Henry, Twiss, Horace, Wetherell, Charles, Wellesley, Arthur, Law, Edward, Hamilton-Gordon, George, Scott, John (1751–1838), Cobbett, William
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAA Framed Box 7 (Cellar)