"The Glorious Reform in Parliament", a silk handkerchief printed with Lord John Russell holding the flame of truth on a pillar which is being attacked by the Duke of Wellington and the Tories, aswell as Famine, Corruption and Bribery, the border with yellow flowerheads--30in square, signed "Rob. Cruickshank a friend to reform", circa 1831

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"The Glorious Reform in Parliament", a silk handkerchief printed with Lord John Russell holding the flame of truth on a pillar which is being attacked by the Duke of Wellington and the Tories, aswell as Famine, Corruption and Bribery, the border with yellow flowerheads--30in square, signed "Rob. Cruickshank a friend to reform", circa 1831
Literature
Schoeser, Mary "Printed Handkerchiefs", Museum of London, 1988; plate 22 illustrates the same handkerchief with a different border.

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Engraved by Robert Cruickshank

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