The Upsetting of the Reform Coach

Frederick John Robinson|Henry Peter Brougham|Sir James Robert George Graham|John Doyle|William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Thomas McLean|Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox|William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Alfred Ducôte

June 4, 1834 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

This political satire responds to the resignation of four Cabinet members from Lord Gray's administration in May 1834. A coach (lettered "Reform") tips over in the background as William IV looks out the window and shouts "Help! help!". On the roof, Lord Brougham says to Lord Melbourne "Sit fast M__lb__ne, these fellows have done much better to have kept their places; I think one ought always to keep one's place as long as one can." Behind the coatch, the Duke of Richmond holds the head of Lord Ripon who lies on the ground. At left, Edward Stanley addresses Sir James Graham, who is on the ground and says, "Well I think we did right to jump off, although we may have got a little hurt or so:__I told you Johnny would upset the Coach."

Artist

Frederick John Robinson|Henry Peter Brougham|Sir James Robert George Graham|John Doyle|William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Thomas McLean|Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox|William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Alfred Ducôte

Date

June 4, 1834

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014