Terms and conditions of use
The chancery broom sweeping through the ranks
1830
Medium
hand-coloured lithograph
Measurements
23.4 × 41.2 cm (image) 28.7 × 44.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 16642
Printing/Publishing
published by George Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: H.H.R (monogram)
printed in ink l.c.: THE CHANCERY BROOM SWEEPING THROUGH THE RANKS. / “He said, and hasty o’er the gasping throng” / “Drives the swift steeds; the chariot smokes along.” Homers Illiad. B VIII: 190 / London 25,,th (th in superscript above ,, ) April 1830 Published by Geo. Humphrey 24 S,,t (t in superscript above ,, ) James’s Street. (2,,nd (nd superscript above ,, ) Edition)
printed in ink u.c.: “CEDANT ARMA TOGÆ”
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.l.: With Law’s proud emblem glittering in this hand, / Who dares the Champion of Reform with stand? / Go, Bloodleſs Warriors ! seek your Chiefs, & say- / The stern school Master’s in the Field to-day.
Accession Number
2438-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
armies carriages (vehicles) judges political cartoons reformers soldiers
Movements
Regency (British)