print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1893,0612.241
- Title
- Object: An eclipse as seen over London in 1832.
- Description
-
On a background of dark clouds a large white disk (right) covers two-thirds of a red disk (left) of the same size. On the former, Grey, holding out a long, partly coiled, 'Reform Bill', and Brougham in wig and gown stand together. The left rim of their disk cuts across Wellington who walks dejectedly to the left, within his circle. Below (left) are the heads and telescopes of spectators. One says: 'There will shortly be a total eclipse What a beautiful silver Grey there is over the Moon'. Another: 'Look how red and angry the Sun looks'; a third: 'How glorious'. Below (right) are the roofs of London with the dome of St. Paul's. See BM Satires No. 17032, &c. May 1832
Hand-coloured lithograph
- Production date
- 1832
- Dimensions
-
Height: 242 millimetres
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Width: 264 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Description from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1893
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1893,0612.241
