A rushing torrent or waterfall, inscribed 'Public Determination', sweeps as from a broken dam through a building and pours through a huge gap in a wall into the Thames (right). It overturns the throne, whose tilting canopy projects from the summit of the cascade, and sweeps away opponents of Reform, among whom are six bishops. Wellington flees before the advancing water with greater agility than the others, trampling on a prostrate bishop; he says: 'Did not believe in such a torrent'. Cumberland lies on his back under a cascade, saying, 'We shall meet with watery Greraves' [e crossed out] [alluding to Lord Graves, see BM Satires No. 16011, &amp;c.]. Behind Wellington is Lyndhurst, clutching the gown of the fleeing Archbishop of Canterbury; he says 'I wish I had never put B before A, it has turned Alpha into Omega'. Londonderry clings to the canopy of the throne, saying, 'Why we never dream't of this'. Eldon crouches on the back of a struggling bishop who is spouting water. Arms and legs project from the flood on which a bishop's wig is floating. A man in back view clutches the crumbling wall. The Thames (right) is covered with boats whose occupants applaud the catastrophe, as do tiny figures on the riverside.  c. May 1832
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<p>Print made by: Henry Heath
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
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