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English: Lithographic caricature magazine of four pages on two leaves, in the form of a (monthly) newspaper; illustrations as follows. 1 January 1832

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ELEGANT PREVENTATIVE OF THE CHOLERA. (17356)
Three fashionable ladies in evening dress with feathered heads sit or lounge together on a sofa, puffing clouds of smoke from small cigars. Behind (right) a lady walks forward, leaning on a man's arm; she puffs a cloud of smoke, he sneezes or grimaces. Below: '"Cheroots of so mild a flavour, as to be smoked by the most delicate female, are imported by I:ff & C". They are recommended to the attention of Ladies as the most effectual preventive of Cholera. See Tobacconist's Advertisement'.
CHRISTMAS BEFORE OUR YEOMEN WERE CHILL'D BY FASHION OR THE MARCH OF INTELLECT. (17357)
Three or perhaps four generations are gathered in an old-fashioned hall. A youth kisses a pretty girl under the mistletoe. By a large fire a woman nurses an infant, while a schoolboy shows (?) an almanack to an aged crone. A man brews punch. Two old men seated on a bench watch romping girls. A fiddler tunes his fiddle. On the staircase two boys display a mock ghost to those below. For the March of Intellect see No. 15604.
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MAKE BUT YOUR COUNTRY'S WEAL AS MUCH YOUR CARE LORD E. L. B. H. AS YOU MAKE YOUR HAIR. (17358)
Ellenborough sits in an arm-chair in his dressing-room reading the 'Morning Post' through an eyeglass. His hair, and that of the valet who is combing it is in curl-papers. He reads: 'Here are three new unctions for the hair advertised Try them on your own & report to me their properties'. His profile is reflected in a large pier-glass beside a flowered dressing-table on which are cut-glass bottles, &c. Cf. No. 15827.
LONG BONG CHONG BROTHER TO THE MOON & COUSIN TO THE SEVEN STARS GRAND MANDERINE OF THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE HEARING REASON FROM THE ENGLISH BARBARIANS. (16918)
A ferocious-looking Chinese gentleman, presumably the Emperor Tao-Kwang, sits full-face on a pagoda-like throne flanked by dragons. Staring before him, he extends, to left and right, a curving palm with long talons. An Englishman (right) places a money-bag in the left hand. Behind the Emperor's right hand is a cannon, by which stands an English soldier with a lighted match. In front of the throne are tea-chests. (English merchants at Canton endured hardships and extortion from the Chinese. War followed, 1839-42. Cf. Nos. 8121, 12749.)
RATHER ALARMING RECEPTION OF THE NEW BILL. (16919)
Four Tories on the front bench eagerly scan the printed text of the Third Reform Bill, holding it between them. They are (left to right) the dishevelled Wetherell, Croker (?), wearing his hat, Goulburn, and Matthias Attwood. Behind them stands Peel, turning in profile to the right to say: 'Aye this is a very different affair from the monster of last Session every thing we suggested, I percieve has been attended to, hold your tongue Hunt'. Hunt stands beside him (left), saying, 'Take care what you'r saying'; Peel's right hand, flung out oratorically, is against his mouth. Behind (right), Lord J. Russell speaks furtively to John Bull (an HB figure) who looks from behind a door: 'I do think if you would not watch his ratting He'd soon find it a matter of expediency'. J. B., with a truculent frown: 'Hollo what sort of a bill is this it's enough to frighten a man when he speaks so in favor of it'.
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BURKERS EXULTING OVER THEIR VICTIM. (16920)
Cumberland, ruffianly in a battered top-hat (cf. No. 16669), and a sinister-looking bishop with a diabolical grin (? Philipotts), carouse, seated on a chest from which projects a paper: 'Reform bill, Oct. 8it' [sic]; one holds up a bottle the other a glass. Behind them stands the Duke of Newcastle, more apprehensive. He raises his glass, saying, 'Here may we never be called to account'. Cumberland: 'Oh! they can do nothing with us if we are'. (For the defeat of the second Reform Bill in the Lords see No. 16797, &c.; for 'Burkers' cf. No. 16833. See No. 16921.)
THE VICTIM REANIMATED. (16921)
A sequel to No. 16920. The lid of the chest flies open, and a 'Reform Bill' springs out like a jack-in-the-box. It consists of three rolled documents topped by a barrister's wig bristling with pens. The 'Burkers' scurry to the left, their hair, including the bishop's wig, rising in horror. (The third Reform Bill (see No. 16832) passed its second reading by 324 to 162 on 17 Dec.)
[THE CHOLERA COACH] (16922)
No title. Below the design: 'The author hopes he may not be thought making too light of a grave subject, his aim in the above sketch was to exemplify the late curious policy of our Official medical authorities'. A mail-coach, 'Sunderland Royal Mail', realistically drawn, advances at a gallop, the leaders cut off by the right margin. A skeleton with a large package on his shoulder, stands with one foot on the neck of each terrified wheeler, pointing with his javelin to the lower of two bills on an adjacent wall: 'Coaches start to all parts daily from the red Lion Inn high St'. Above is another bill: 'Notice no vessels leaving the port of Sunderland will be allow'd to enter any other port of the united Kingdom'. Behind him are the clustered masts of ships laid up in the port. A second skeleton sits on the coach roof, one hand on the head of a passenger sitting next the guard at the back, while with his javelin he touches an agonized and moribund man next the driver. Coachman and guard register horror.
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TWELFTH NIGHT CHARACTERS. (16923)
Twelve designs, each inscription enclosed in a border, arranged in three horizontal rows, divided by intersecting lines, forming four columns.
[1] 'King'. William IV as the playing-card King of Hearts. In his left hand is a birch-rod, held horizontally behind his head. Below: 'Now Boroughmongers Kiss the | rod! . ..Or else I'll lay it on | by ***'. See No. 16673, &c.
[2] 'Queen'. The Queen, amiably smiling, as Queen of Hearts. Below: 'Oh Sapient Torys think not me to play | I have an Heart not to be led astray. See No. 16925.
[3] 'Whiskerando'. Cumberland stands with his hands flanking his whiskers which are bigger than life. Below: 'Before I'd join reforming friskers | I'd lose this lovely pair of whiskers'.
[4] 'Old Stick in the Bog'. Eldon sits dejectedly on a rough block of stone, 'Prejudice Pillar', up to the ankles in mire, holding a night-cap. Behind is a post with a flag, 'Reform'. Below: 'My night cap! here I'd rather be a Sleeper | Ere stir a step for fear of getting deeper'.
[5] 'Our Willie O'. The Duke of Gloucester, in uniform, playing fife and tabor, with a cap with a drooping peak, shambles in profile to the left Below: 'I ought to have been commander in chief | And that's the truth of my belief'. Cf. No. 16613.
[6] 'Bobadil'. Londonderry, wearing feathered hat, ruff, trunk hose, and widely flapped boots, stands with legs apart, wrists crossed, pointing long pistols to left and right. Below: 'If any rascal thinks to act a Bristol whim | With me take notice I shall pistol him'. For Bristol cf. No. 16820; for Londonderry as a blustering bully, No. 17004; for Bobadil, No. 6116.
[7] 'Broomee'. Brougham is constructed of two floor brooms, the broom-heads being feet, his Chancellor's gown falling limply over the broom-sticks, while his arms are two birch-brooms. Below: 'Call not your mouldy customs breasures [sic], | I'm just the man for sweeping measures'. Cf. No. 16612.
[8] 'Jack Pudding'. Wetherell, in theatrical dress as a zany, capers, holding coils of ribbon in hands and teeth. His jacket has a tail-like appendage ending in bells. Below: 'Of fired smoke I make a joke | And spin long yarns to please the bairns'. Cf. Nos. 16930,16939 [4].
[9] 'The State Doctor'. Grey (adapted from Wellington in No. 16063), in old-fashioned dress, stands squarely, head turned in profile to the right, coat-skirts spread out by his hands which are in his breeches pockets, tricorne hat perched on his head. Behind him are two big apothecary's mortars, each with its pestle. On shelves are four canisters: 'State interest.; Church patronage [cf. No. 16578]; Cordials for the Cholera [see No. 16922]; Bolusses for the Coromongers [sic]'. Below: 'So many ills I've got to cure | My place I scarcely can endure'. For John Bull's doctors cf. No. 16069, &c.
[10] 'The Veteran'. Wellington, in uniform, rides a hobby-horse in profile to the right, his sword against his shoulder. The horse's petticoat is 'Anti Reform'; under it are the Duke's trousered legs; sham legs in cavalry boots project grotesquely beyond his mount's chest. Below: 'Out should reform's brass trumpet sound | He burns with glory to be crown'd'. Cf. No. 16299, &c.
[11] 'The police man'. Peel, in police uniform (see No. 15768), with top-hat, stands with both hands on a baton, his head in profile to the left. Below: 'I once was a director, now mere rank & file, | To be again an officer on any cause I'd smile'. Cf. No. 15682.

[12] 'The Blacking Man'. Hunt shambles to the right, a black silhouette dripping with blacking. Below: 'Truth to all parties I've been lacking | And all have duck'd me in my blacking'. Cf. No. 16636, &c. 'Huntites', according to E. G. Wakefield, were an addle-headed rabble, very different from 'Owenites'. Householders in Danger . . ., 1830, pp. 9 f.