Brougham, in wig and gown, kneels on both knees in profile to the left, before William IV, who sits in a carved chair on a dais made absurd by being edged by a frill. The King wears a tall fool's cap decorated with bows, &amp;c.; he leans forward to take from Brougham a 'Reformer's Petition'. Brougham: 'Dread Liege I have the honor to present a humble petition, signed by all the inhabitants of St Lukes Bedlam, and Hoxton praying Reform and that they may be let loose'. Through a large window behind him are seen the façades of 'St Lukes [Hosp]ital' and 'Bedlam', with heads looking from all the windows, shouting 'Reform for ever'; 'Down with the Drs'; 'I want to get out'; 'Broom for ever the Tea Dealer's friend'; 'Reform' [three times]; 'We want to be represented'; 'Let us out we will have Reform'; 'Let us Loose'; 'Let us out'. The King says: 'Ah!—this touches us nearly it must be considered of—These long existing abuses must be abolished'. The Duke of Gloucester, wearing a top-hat, holds the back of the King's chair, and bends forward to say: 'Who's Silly Billy now'.  July 1831
<br>Lithograph
1831<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9415">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9415</a>