Handwriting Upon the Wall – Reform Bill!

Handwriting Upon the Wall – Reform Bill!, 1831

From the series Political Sketches

John Doyle (1797-1868) was one of the most famous and prolific illustrator of the 19th century in Europe who was born in Ireland and active in London since 1822.
For more than 20 years, in the first half of the 19th century, he produced an important number of political and social vignettes by the pen name H.B.
The series "Political Sketches" is the most important series by Doyle. It includes 683 lithographs published by Thomas McLean between 1829 and 1841.