- Museum number
- 1948,0214.943
- Title
- Object: The march of intellect or Iohn Bull turn'd schoolmaster
- Description
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John Bull sits in an arm-chair (left), admonishing the three candidates for South Northumberland, who are schoolboys, smaller in scale than himself. They stand in a row, directed to the left, and are (left to right): Beaumont (b. 1792), Ord (b. 1781), and Bell (b. 1793), who is younger and smaller than the others, and holds a slate on which is a drawing of Wellington holding up a sabre. Behind them are a form and a desk, on which is an open book: 'William Ord Reform Question'. J. B. says with raised forefinger, his right hand on his stick: 'Very good Boys Masters O—d & B——t you have worked that Reform Question to my satisfaction, but as for you Master B—l let me tell you Sir! I do not keep a Military school, and since you will play at soldiers go & serve under that Gentleman you have upon your Slate for Im determined you shall not serve under me, as you will not reform and be a good Boy, I discharge you! go home to your friends & I hope they will never attempt to return you'. c. November 1832
Etching
- Production date
- 1832
- Dimensions
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Height: 249 millimetres
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Width: 332 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
A satire on the South Northumberland election, where the two Reformers were confident after Bell's failure in 1831, see No. 16648. The results were Beaumont 2,537, Bell 2,441, Ord 2,351. See Nos. 17308, 17310, 17311. Elections are given much space in 'The Times' from October to December, but this election, locally of great interest, is almost ignored. Bell, see vol. x and Welford, 'Men of Mark, 'twixt Tyne and Tweed', i. 240-4, was an ultra-Tory, and contributed £50 to the 'Morning Journal' (cf. No. 16009). Aspinall, 'Politics and the Press', 1949, p. 343. He was a popular coal-owner, see No. 17001. His victory was the more sensational since the addition of two members to a thinly populated county was attacked by anti-Reformers as due to the Grey influence in Northumberland. C. Seymour, 'Electoral Reform in England and Wales', 1915, pp. 72-4. For "The March . . ." see No. 15604, &c.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1948,0214.943