print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.9271
- Title
- Object: The broom of promise; or great cry & little wool
- Description
-
Brougham, in Chancellor's wig and gown, capers on a rock inscribed 'Reform Ground', at the base of which Lyndhurst, dislodged, is landing on hands and knees. Brougham, a big broom in his left hand, chants, schoolboy-like:
'I'm the King of the Castle
Get down you dirty rascal'
Lyndhurst: 'This is very well for a flourish'. 30 November 1830
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1830
- Dimensions
-
Height: 350 millimetres
-
Width: 246 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
See No. 16339, &c. Brougham owes his promotion to his advocacy of Reform; it is suggested that his reforming zeal is over.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.9271