A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform

1 portrait

by Unknown artist
aquatint, published 1832
12 in. x 9 5/8 in. (304 mm x 243 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D10854

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Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6232 portraits.

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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 234 portraits.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter associated with 113 portraits.
John Wilson Croker (1780-1857), Politician and essayist. Sitter in 18 portraits.
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 100 portraits.
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 71 portraits.
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851), Son of George III. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 166 portraits.
Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Sitter associated with 51 portraits.
Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Radical politician. Sitter associated with 72 portraits.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Politician. Sitter associated with 73 portraits.
Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish politician. Sitter associated with 203 portraits.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878), Prime Minister and writer. Sitter associated with 222 portraits.
John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845), Whig statesman. Sitter in 62 portraits.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 339 portraits.
Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Politician and lawyer. Sitter in 25 portraits.
King William IV (1765-1837), Reigned 1830-7. Sitter associated with 134 portraits.

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A typical piece of reform propaganda. The King, William IV, and the leading Whig and Radical politicians float above on clouds of glory while below the British lion, supported by Britannia, send the Tories flying.