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George CruikshankRadical Parliament; "Plan to Assassinate Her Magestie's Ministers."1835
1835
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An image of the last major insurrection in Great Britain, known as Guy Fawkes's Cato Street Conspiracy.
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 5 x 8 3/8 inches (125 x 210 mm), full margins. A lovely, well inked impression with fresh and extensive hand coloring. Paper tape remnants from a former mount at top right and left sheet edges, recto. Hand coloring is fresh and extensive. In good condition with no visible defects.
This stirring image is in reference to an incident which occurred in the winter of 1821. Great Britain, struggling with economic distress after the strain of the Napoleonic Wars, was thrown into a period of intense social unrest. The middle class, who bore the brunt of the cost of the victory against France, was struggling under the newly imposed Corn Laws. Periods of famine ensued, and unemployment soared as soldiers returned from the continent looking for work. One such soldier was Arthur Thistlewood. In January of 1820, King George III died unexpectedly, precipitating a constitutional crisis, and creating the necessity of a general election. Thistlewood, aggrieved by the erratic behavior of the now dead King, and affronted by the lavish lifestyle of the prince regent, took advantage of the wave of national instability, and organized a group of 12 men to overthrow the government. They called themselves The Spenceans Philanthropists, after Thomas Spence, a schoolteacher who had been imprisoned for selling “radical” books. Now known as the Cato Street Conspiracy (named after the address of the conspirators' den), the incident is primarily well known for having gone famously wrong, and it being the last major insurrection in Great Britain. Almost absurdly, the Spenceans planned to murder the entire cabinet, and Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, while they were all in attendance at a dinner in Grosvenor Square. Unfortunately for Thistlewood, along with his cronies, he was informed upon, and the group was arrested on their way to the Cato Street meeting place. The group was reportedly confronted with bags in their hands, which they had brought to carry the heads of the men they intended to assassinate. Thistlewood, along with co-conspirators Thomas Preston, John Hopper, and James Watson, was convicted of High Treason, and was publicly hanged and beheaded. The other conspirators were sent to Australia. Here we see the Spencean Philanthropists; Watson, Thistlewood, Preston, Harrison, and Hunt, among others, are preparing for their siege, in their Cato Street den, little did they know how things would end.
- Creator:George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878, British)
- Creation Year:1835
- Dimensions:Height: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)Width: 11.475 in (29.15 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Middletown, NY
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