Portrait of King William IV of England. Seated on the throne, in ermine mantle over ceremonial robes, with crown, orb and sceptre. Emblems indicate the Reform Bill of 1832, the Abolition of Slavery, and the fire in the Houses of Parliament. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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