Ahithophel in the dumps Size:XS: 30 x 20cm auctioneers & valuers and Mrs

auctioneers & valuers and Mrs White's Day School

One of the four step buildings designed to provide stairway access between Holborn Viaduct and Farringdon Street below can be seen

The woman is dressed in a plain white muslin high waisted dress

showing figures talking and walking in the park

from Westminster Bridge

Ahithophel in the dumps Size:XS: 30 x 20cm auctioneers & valuers and Mrs'Ahithophel in the dumps', 1830. The Duke of Wellington on a donkey with a saddle resembling a mayoral gown approaching a gallows. The donkey and gown relate to Sir John Key, Lord Mayor od London, who cancelled the Lord Mayor's Show in 1830, fearing riots against Wellington's unpopular government, which fell when Wellington lost a vote of no confidence in Parliament on 15th November.