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Sir John Key

Also known as: Sir John Key; primary name: Key, John
Details: individual; merchant/tradesman; politician/statesman; British; Male
Life dates: 1794-1858
Biography: Wholesale stationer; c. 1818, entered the family business; 1830, Master of the Stationers' Company; 1830-31 and 1831-32, Lord Mayor of London; 1832-33, MP for London; 1855-58, Chamberlain of London. Subject of a spate of hostile satires in 1830 (see BMSat.16303 to 16427).

45 related objects

print; satirical print

Title: The false alarm: or much ado about nothing'. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1868,0808.11401 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Printed by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A popular trio. | We three loggerheads be | W- P- | & | Don Key |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9246 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: State cavalry frightened into a retreat from the city dinner. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9274 |
Producer name: BIOG48806 Published by:Gabriel Shire Tregear |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: Going in state to open the new bridge |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9385 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jameson GrantPrint made by:Gabriel Shire Tregear |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: An underbread fellow. They love darkness rather than light because their |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SeymourPrinted by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A break. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9250 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: A Prospective View of the House of Commons (1835) |
Museum number: 2004,0430.12 |
Producer name: BIOG143734 Print made by:A Payne |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Articles to be taxed Swing |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SeymourPrinted by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The don-Key turned mayor | or an ass in the chair |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9245 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: The New Union Coach, or a Long Pull, a Strong Pull, & a Pull Altogether |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Ahithophel in the Dumps |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Representation of the Interior of Guildhall on the occasion of the visit of the King & Queen at the |
Museum number: 1978,U.1978 |
Producer name: Published by:Whittaker & CoPublished by:Henry Lacey |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: The two coveys wots driv-out of their city-wation |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9272 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The cock wot's lost his courage. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9317 |
Producer name: BIOG165024 Published by:B Hepner |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: Don-Key. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9248 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: The ministry floor'd; or, majority 29!!! Nov. 15, 1830 |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9259 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: A civic Louse in the state bed!!!-or the corporation conglomorated!! |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Alarming!!! Revolution in the city Lord Majors day and no dinner |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9251 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The-Great-General frightened by Don-Key! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A white-feather'd donkey's exaltation- a civic entertainment. |
Museum number: 1948,0214.906 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: The Right Honorable Sir John Key, Bart. |
Museum number: 1891,0414.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Mary Martha Pearson |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The old Hunter consoling the Don-Key! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9247 |
Producer name: BIOG84857 Printed by:Charles Ingrey |
Production date: 1830

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Representation of the Interior of Guildhall on the occasion of the visit of the King & Queen at the |
Museum number: 1868,1212.650 |
Producer name: BIOG163951 Published by:Whittaker & Co |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: The false alarm: or much ado about nothing'. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1856,0510.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Printed by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The would-be dictator general enforcing his orders! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9319 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A cool tankard for John |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: No go.!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9273 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jameson GrantPublished by:S Gans |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: The great dictator and his mighty councillor, the donkey mare. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9257 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:S Gans |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: Long expected come at last. Or the only Besom of reform |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9326 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: No go.!!! |
Museum number: 1985,0119.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Jameson GrantPublished by:S Gans |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: The mare's lamentation; or the self-willed Don-Key. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9256 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:W Harrison Isaacs |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: The city giant taking vengeance on the m-st-l tools for the loss of their dinner!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9260 |
Producer name: BIOG26812 Published by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: Jack Ketch executing sentence on a culprit. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1832

print; satirical print

Title: Fiddlestick versus Broomstick |
Museum number: 1857,1222.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SeymourPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The un-civil effects of the civil question. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9284 |
Producer name: BIOG36804 Published by:G E Madeley |
Production date: 1830

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Representation of the Interior of Guildhall on the occasion of the visit of the King & Queen at the |
Museum number: 1880,0911.805 |
Producer name: BIOG163951 Published by:Whittaker & Co |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: The vision or the donkey and the white hunter. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9244 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. Bull asleep. Lord John Russell. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SeymourPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Foolscap hotpressed by Birch. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9315 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print

Title: Alack! That it | should come to pass, the Prime, & P-l, | thrown by an ass! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9276 |
Producer name: BIOG34003 Published by:S Knight |
Production date: 1830

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Trippings up. Sweeping the cobwebs from Westminster Hall. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert SeymourPrinted by:Charles Motte |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Knighted shal't thou be. Arise! Don-Key! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9316 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S Gans |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: More don-keys! It is well-known that asse's are particularly fond of having their back's rubbed |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A civic Louse in the state bed!!!-or the corporation conglomorated!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8632 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The city don-key or raw head and bloody bones |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9254 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)