Moments of pleasure mb-code 2319698 Showing figures on horseback either

Showing figures on horseback either side of the City's coat of arms in the foreground

Top left: 'The trial of Mr Prig

workmen use a winch to lift heavy materials

This is a satire on Charles James Fox's India Bill

whilst beside him his family grieves their loss

Moments of pleasure mb-code 2319698 Showing figures on horseback either'Moments of pleasure', 1820. Queen Caroline, seated on a couch receives the news of the Bill of Pains and Penalties being dropped and Alderman Matthew Wood dances around in front of her. The bill, the purpose of which was to strip Queen Caroline of her title and dissolve her marriage to King George IV, was passed by the House of Lords but was dropped as there was thought to be no prospect of it being passed by the House of Commons.