Two circles enclosing designs, not caricatures, side by side, touching. [1] 'obverse'. Below, 'before—'. [2] 'reverse'. Below, 'after—'. [1] william iv on horseback, dressed as a country gentleman in gaiters, is surrounded by his cheering and affectionate subjects. Wellington on horseback behind him takes off his hat to the crowd. A stout john bull in top-boots takes the hand of the king, who says, raising his hat, 'it is my wish to see you all happy!' aberdeen and peel (addressing a barrister), both on horseback and poorly characterized, say respectively, 'we shall not interfere with foreign quarels; laws shall be simplified'. A ragged but comely woman with two infants leans towards the king from the pavement, saying, 'i would shake your hand if'; an officer in highland costume holds up his feathered cap. Behind (left) is the gateway of st. James's palace; above it: 'economy—reduction'. [2] a royal herald stands on a draped platform reading from a paper to a dense and hostile crowd. He holds the pole of a placard on which are depicted: 'royal tiger', devouring a small defenceless animal, and a 'bear from new holland', on its haunches and about to hurl a ball. The herald: 'i am advised to tell you that if you will have plenty of oranges, & portugal grapes for next christmas, port wine & sherry to cheer you, you must see the royal tiger from lisbon devouring lambs, sheeps &c, for his dayly amusement & comfort, & if you are fond of dutch cheese red herrings salt cod &c, come to see the bear from new holland treading on a brussell's carpet like a man, and wearing a cap of malice [altered to] malines like a woman!!!' the crowd hurl balls, i. E. Oranges and dutch cheeses, at ministers, who are about to take cover under the drapery from the herald's platform. They are peel (left) without a coat, wellington, and lyndhurst. A stout john bull, with his dog behind him, resists an irishman who has a bludgeon inscribed 'des-union'. There is a shout of 'this is real st miguel's orange-pee[l, cf. Bm satires no. 15390]. A man cries: 'this is a cheese a real dutch'. The scene is an open space surrounded by houses, with the east front of westminster abbey on the left. The centre, between the touching circles, is filled (above) by an anchor inscribed 'hope' to which a cable is attached. Below is the same anchor, broken, with a broken cable. Below: 'what a change!!!' nov 22 1830
lithograph. Date: 1830. Dimensions: Height: 189 mm; Width: 370 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Collection: British Museum. A medal (BM 1868,0808.9263)
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