David Carvalho
Reform ladder
Published
London : Pubd as the Act directs by D. Carvalho, 167 Fleet St., 1832
hand-colored etching
289 x 112 mm
Peel 2180
Notes
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Trimmed, removing plate mark and publisher's statement.
Printed below topmost image: The Bill passes the House of Lords, June 4, 1832.
Printed on verso: [a chronology of Reform from 1781 to the present].
Trimmed, removing plate mark and publisher's statement.
Printed below topmost image: The Bill passes the House of Lords, June 4, 1832.
Printed on verso: [a chronology of Reform from 1781 to the present].
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A wall calendar intended for hanging, with space in the center for notes; and down both sides, scenes from the passage of the Great Reform Act. At the top is a depiction of the bill passing the House of Lords on 4 June 1832.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Carvalho, D. (David), active 1830-1839, publisher.
Carvalho, D. (David), active 1830-1839, publisher.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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