拍品專文
Thomas Rider, who lived at the house at the time of the First Reform Bill in 1832, was the Whig M.P. for Sevenoaks. He erected the tablet in support of the Bill.
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細節
A William IV oak cartouche
heightened in gilt, with the inscription IN HONOUR OF THE REFORM BILL by which the ancient liberties of England regained at Runnimede in 1215 & confirmed in 1688, were rescued from corruption (and it may be hoped perpetuated) In 1832. within carved scallops, acanthus and C-scroll ornament
-- 30in. (76cm.) wide, approx
heightened in gilt, with the inscription IN HONOUR OF THE REFORM BILL by which the ancient liberties of England regained at Runnimede in 1215 & confirmed in 1688, were rescued from corruption (and it may be hoped perpetuated) In 1832. within carved scallops, acanthus and C-scroll ornament
-- 30in. (76cm.) wide, approx