A large man in bed after giving birth to a mouse; referring to the Duke of Buckingham's attempt to introduce his own 'Reform Bill' which excluded disenfranchisement. Coloured lithograph by J.Doyle, 1832.
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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- [23 April 1832]
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- 12237i
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The Duke of Buckingham says: "Oh! doctor I feel greatly exhausted." , the doctor (Sidmouth) replies: "After so severe a labor it is but natural I would recommend you a composing draught, and to keep very quiet." Eldon standing next to him says: "Well my dear, how do you find yourself". The nurse (Wellington) who is holding the mouse says: "I think a very nice little thing, and far handsomer than a certain great Bantling that I could name", the other two nurses (Aberdeen and Lyndhurst) say respectively: " Certainly quite unlike all other offsprings of 'La Montagne", and "Well it must be confessed my little buck that you had a Stow-age enough however."; the three male spectators comment: "What a pretty little thing", "The miserable little abortion can't live", and "They say its mama got a fright."
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- Legislative bodiesReform
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Childbirth
- Mice
- Great Britain
- Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839.
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
- Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838.
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860.
- Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863.
- Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822.
- Wharncliffe, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Baron, 1776-1845.
- Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847.
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