The Rival Watermen (caricature)

Plate no.2.

A satirical cartoonist uses tales of watermen’s rivalry to make a political point. Watermen had a long history of wrangling with passengers over fares and finding devious means of ousting their rivals. This lithograph, published two days after Queen Victoria’s wedding in February 1840, shows the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne encouraging the Queen in her marriage choice of Prince Albert

Object Details

ID: PAF3973
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: McLean, Thomas; Doyle, John McLean, Thomas
Date made: 12 Feb 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 297 mm x 435 mm
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