The king and the cabinet-maker
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: The king and the cabinet-maker
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Description:
Printed on one side only. Broadside satirical poem, 20 stanzas each with 4 lines about the issues surrounding the passing of the 1832 [Great] Reform Act. First lines: Our patriot King, when he came to his crown, Sat uneasily in his state chair. Final lines: If you wish that your King should sit firm on the throne, And would make him more glorious still, Vote only for those who will bind themselves down, To vote for your King and his Bill. The king is William IV (1830-37) and the poem references the Duke of Wellington, Tory Prime Minister 1828-1830 and opponent of parliamentary reform, and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Whig reformer and Prime Minister 1830-1834.
- Date range: [1831-32]
- Date: 1831
- Collection: ["collections_typename_john_evan_bedford_library_of_furniture_history" not defined]
- Physical Identifier: Bedford Collection A914
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/36779
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