Alderman Sir Matthew Wood and King George IV Size:Large: 7 x 5in falls from the tilting summit

falls from the tilting summit of a breaking pillar which rests on the word 'Adultery'

which hung over the grand entrance of Blackwell Hall in King Street

A meeting of radical reformers presided over by Henry Hunt on July 21st 1819

British Museum

Alderman Sir Matthew Wood and King George IV Size:Large: 7 x 5in falls from the tilting summitThe Modern Belshazzer's Feast; Alderman Sir Matthew Wood presents an envelope marked the Queen's letter to the Prince Regent's dinner table which falls into disarray. Clerics fall from their chairs and noblemen throw up their hands in horror. Two of the Prince's fat mistresses do likewise. The Regent unsuccessfully attempted to discredit and divorce the Princess Caroline.