Shrove Tuesday all the year round - a Cock wot everyone throws at
1 portrait of William Heath
Shrove Tuesday all the year round - a Cock wot everyone throws at
probably by Robert Seymour
hand-coloured etching, circa July 1829
9 3/4 in. x 13 5/8 in. (248 mm x 347 mm) plate size; 12 in. x 17 in. (304 mm x 431 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, 2015
Reference Collection
NPG D46053
Sittersback to top
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 142 portraits. Identify
- Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (1771-1851), Son of George III. Sitter in 85 portraits. Identify
- William Heath (1795-1840), Printmaker and caricaturist. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 103 portraits. Identify
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 640 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Robert Seymour (1798-1836), Illustrator and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 13 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1829back to top
Current affairs
Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.
Art and science
Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.
International
Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.Comments back to top
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