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Lot Essay
This handkerchief presumably celebrates the adoption of the first Reform Bill by Parliament.
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REFORM MOVEMENT HANDKERCHIEF
silk, printed with The Old Gallant Grey horse of Reform, cheered on by John Bull and followed by The People, standing at the edge of a cliff marked Magna Carta, with various Rotten Borough incumbents falling into the sea marked The Slough of Despond--32in. x 31in. (81cm. x 91cm.)
silk, printed with The Old Gallant Grey horse of Reform, cheered on by John Bull and followed by The People, standing at the edge of a cliff marked Magna Carta, with various Rotten Borough incumbents falling into the sea marked The Slough of Despond--32in. x 31in. (81cm. x 91cm.)
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