Print, satirical print (BM 1927,1126.1.5.11)

Satire on the Tolpuddle Martyrs; to the left a bird's eye view of Copenhagen Fields, where the trade unionists gathered to protest against the deportation of the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' to Australia in 1834; a father and son in disucssion below; in centre of view men carry the huge petition in protest of the sentence to the Home Secretary in Whitehall, two men in disucussion with man in doorway, who declares that the Home Secretary will not receive the petition; to the right John Bull shown under the heavy burden of the estates, taxes, and the crown, while surrounding figures in elegant dress do a jig.
Lithograph