A single-masted vessel encounters rough seas and a whale (right), inscribed 'Reform', with a porcine head, fanged jaws and protruding tongue. Brougham and Grey, standing in the bows, are putting William IV overboard, holding him by the legs head-downwards, so that his crown falls off. Brougham: 'And overboard he vent' [quoting "Mrs. Topper's Dream", see BM Satires No. 11988]. The rest of the crew are (right to left) Burdett, in a striped jersey, (?) Hobhouse, (?) Hume, and O'Connell. The vessel drives before a blast which fills the sail from the mouths of three "winds", winged heads in the upper left hand corner; these are (right to left) Wellington, (?) Carnarvon, and Eldon.  July 1831
<br>Hand-coloured lithograph
1831<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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