Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament
Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre, watching the burning of documents such as the Magna Carta and Habeas Corpus, while a mob sets fire to the House of Commons. A comment on demands for parliamentary reform
Picture No
10956206
Media ID
48224190
Size
6058px x 4396px
(6.2MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon in The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist; with the History of His Life and Times, edited by Thomas Wright, 1873
Date
1809
