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Robert Seymour
1798-1836 engraver
The reform egg
[London] : [G. Cowie],
wood engraving
80 x 108 mm
Peel 2128
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 99, 1833, with the same title.
Summary:
A goose with the face of Lord John Russell has laid several eggs, labelled "Cheap law," "Cheap food," "A cheap church," and "Repeal of taxes." John Bull looks on in horror.
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