Sir John Key Collection

A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!, 1824. Artist
A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!, 1824. The City aldermen and Lord Mayor John Garratt examining an enormous louse on the Mansion House state bed

The Looking Glass, 1831. 12 vignettes on 1 sheet, featuring a City feast, Alderman John Key, the Duke of Wellington, articles to be taxed: bonnets, bustles, teeth

Fiddlestick versus broomstick, 1831. Paganini standing on a chair with a fiddle in one hand and bow in the other. Around the table sit John Key (Lord Mayor of London), Henry Brougham

A Break, losing the Reins, 1830. Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel about to fall from a vehicle, hauled by a horse (Alderman Hunter) and an ass (Alderman Key)

All a-Gog at Guildhall or the civic giants displaying their solid attachments, 1830. One of the City giants (Gog?) and Sir John Key, Lord Mayor of London

Handkerchief commemorating several events in the mayoralty of Alderman Sir John Key, 1831. Key served as Lord Mayor of London for two consecutive years, from 1830-1832

Dinner in the Guildhall, City of London, 1830. Interior view of the Guildhall during the inauguration dinner of Sir John Key as Lord Mayor of London in 1830 in the presence of King William IV

The City Churches in Danger, 1834. Four City aldermen in ceremonial dress, including Sir John Key and Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, pull on ropes attached to church steeples

The great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830. Artist: Henry Heath
The great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830; shows the Duke of Wellington running in alarm, from a donkey in mayoral cloak (Sir John Key)

Caricature of Sir John Key, c1830
What a scandalous shame it is that they are allow d to take people off in this here kind of way, c1830; Sir John Key, with asses ears

Jack Ketch executing sentence on a culprit, 1832. Artist
Jack Ketch executing sentence on a culprit, 1832. A hangman pulls at a rope secured around the neck of a bust of the Duke of Wellington; John Key, Matthew Wood and Robert Waithman cheer him

The self created brute... 1830. The Lord Mayors bedroom. A woman representing the City is ejecting the Lord Mayor, Sir John Key

Ahithophel in the dumps, 1830. Artist: Henry Heath
Ahithophel in the dumps, 1830. The Duke of Wellington on a donkey with a saddle resembling a mayoral gown approaching a gallows

The Donkey Mare... 1830
The Donkey Mare, braying Ecaw, ecaw loud and deep, from the great City to the great dictator, 1830. The Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, with asses ears

The mares lamentation, or the self-willed Don-Key, 1830. Artist
The mares lamentation, or the self-willed Don-Key, 1830. Sir John Key, in mayoral robes, with asses ears and legs. The cartoon refers to the cancellation of the Lord Mayors show by Key for fear of

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!... No go!!!, 1830. The Lord Mayor, Sir John Key and a variety of City tradesmen and others, including a Christs Hospital scholar

An illustrated songsheet, 1831. Two images with the songs Gog and Magog rewarded and King William and the citizens of London beneath

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