Primary Artist

UNKNOWN,

Title

The Ministers and their cronies off to Botany Bay and the Dorchester men returning

Date made

1834

Reference

Craig (1964), p.257

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

22.8 x 35.4 cm (printed border line)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

Tolpuddle martys | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature

Subject description

Political cartoon showing Torie M.P.s losing government and exiled in a boat bound for Botany Bay while protests see the Tolpuddle Martyrs returning to England in another boat.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

66092

Creators

UNKNOWN, | British | artist

Drake, G. | (1832–) English | Male | publisher