Database of Poems
A Parody
1832: Representation of the People Acts
Author: Anon
Publication: A Parody
Place of publication: Edinburgh, Scotland
Publication type: Broadside
Featured individuals:
Henry Brougham (1778-1868)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
No full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: National Library of Scotland
Classmark(s): RB.l.54(39); ABS.10.206.02(35)
This poem is addressed to England, Erin and Scotland, and it asks all three to 'rally round' the Reformers, who are portrayed as patriots; the Tories are portrayed as the cowards, who deny the freedom that 'our forefathers won'. Above the poem appears a figure of a man, potentially the anti-reform Duke of Wellington, looking confused. The poem was sold by W. Smith of Nicholson Street, Edinburgh.