Ahithophel in the dumps news Charles James Fox and Lord

Charles James Fox and Lord North standing outside a high door under a stone arch

containing a coat of arms

Wood Street

carrying baskets of primroses

Master of the Jewel House at the Tower of London

Ahithophel in the dumps news Charles James Fox and Lord'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.