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Author/Creator:Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker.
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Title:The omni-buss [graphic] / William Heath.
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Publication:[London] : Pub. Oct. 15th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [15 October 1829]
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Physical Description:1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 35 cm
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: 829.10.15.01+
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Provenance:Michael Finney; 27 August 2008; Acquisitions no.: 2008-8-27-16.
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Medium:wove paper
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Notes:Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: sole publisher of WH's etchings.
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Summary:Wellington drives a large new coach pulled by three horses with human heads. He is dressed in a a triple-caped greatcoat and broad brimmed hat and flicks the long whip with skill on the backs of the horses depicted with the heads of John Bull and on either side, stock characters of an Irishman and Scotsman wearing traditional hats. They ride on a road labelled "national debt' as the horses hoves sink in the mud labelled "sinking fund." Peel rides behind in the conductor's seat. One of the four curtains on the windows of the omnibus is pulled aside to reveal George IV about to kiss Lady Conyngham. The splash board of the new omnibus is painted with the gold initials 'GR' and a crown
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Variant and related titles:Omnibus
- Format:Visual Material
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References:Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11, no. 15887
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Subjects:Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861--Caricatures and cartoons.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
Catholics--Great Britain.
Catholic emancipation.
Debts, public--Great Britain.
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
Buses--British--1829.
Great Britain--Economic conditions--1760-1860.
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Genre/Form:Satires (Visual works)--England--1829.
Etchings--England--London--1829.
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Also listed under:McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8346505