File:Oh what a falling off was there (BM 1868,0808.8992).jpg

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Artist

Print made by: William Heath

Published by: Thomas McLean
Title
Oh what a falling off was there
Description
English: After the title: 'fully accow [crossed out and replaced with a 'u'] —tred the Hero lay.' Above the design: 'Review—PI 2.' Wellington, sword in hand, falls from his horse, his white trousers crashing into a patch of cow-dung. He wears (in place of his field-marshal's cocked hat) a bearskin so enormous that it may well have overbalanced him. His horse stands beside him, pawing the ground. Behind (right) a group of mounted officers watch the accident. On the left two privates in huge bearskins stand at attention. May 29 1829
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date 1829
date QS:P571,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions

Height: 259 millimetres

Width: 372 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.8992
Notes

(Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)

At the review in Hyde Park on 28 May (cf. No. 15930) Wellington fell from his horse but was not hurt. 'Creevey Papers', 28 May 1829. He was "immensely" cheered by the crowd. Greville, 'Memoirs', 29 May. See No. 15784.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-8992
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