Parliamentary Reform Banner, Earl Grey

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22430

Title

Parliamentary Reform Banner, Earl Grey

Description

Pink cotton banner with painted gold lettering, yellow woolen tassels and green wool fringe. MAY EARL GREY, THE CHAMPION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE LONG LIVE TO SEE THE
GOOD EFFECTS OF HIS UNEXAMPLED EFFORTS

Date

1832

Size

H99cm x W84cm

Type

Banner

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH5753/95

Carried by the Edinburgh Joiners, number 18 in the Reform Jubilee Grand Procession on 10 August 1832. Earl Grey was seen as the champion of Reform and many banners bearing his name were carried.
This banner was found inside banner, HH5815/98, when it was being conserved. Both banners were used in 1832. It therefore seems that at some later stage it was decided to re-use banner HH5815/98 which was mounted over this, the out of date Earl Grey banner.

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