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Parliamentary Reform Banner, Bob Lowe
Thom A., 1866, Banner
Parliamentary Reform Banner, Bob Lowe
Parliamentary Reform Banner, Bob Lowe
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Item no
22455
Title
Parliamentary Reform Banner, Bob Lowe Under the Reform Shower
Description
Painted twill linen banner with painted
design and a yellow wool fringe. Title scroll, white with gold lettering, BOB LOWE UNDER THE REFORM SHOWER. Painting of Robert Lowe standing in a bath being drenched under a shower operated by a plumber. .Bottom scroll, white with gold lettering, QUENCH THE "LOWE"; The name A.THOM, PAINTER painted on floorboards. Robert Lowe was the Liberal M.P for Calne, Lancashire, renowned for his outspoken views in the1860's, which were opposed to the extension of franchise to the masses.
Artist / maker
Thom A.
Date
1866
Size
H100 x W89.5
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH2982/66
This banner was carried in the Reform Demonstration held on 17 November 1866, and again on 14 July 1884. The United Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland, was founded in1865.
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Banners Carried in the Struggle to Win the Vote
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