Rest, and be Very Thankful Size:S: 36 x 28cm Seated portrait of a well-to-do

Seated portrait of a well-to-do middle-aged man in an armchair

and Sir Cecil Wray on the right

Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations

St James's Park and Horse Guards

Rest, and be Very Thankful Size:S: 36 x 28cm Seated portrait of a well-to-do'Rest, and be Very Thankful', 1866. An old and weary Lord Russell is being told by Britannia that he should now rest. This cartoon relates to the eight night debate on the second reading of the Franchise Bill. One Liberal MP, Robert Lowe, was very opposed to the reduction of the franchise, saying it would put too much power in the hands of the lower classes. Lowe worked very hard to rally a band of Liberals to oppose the government's proposal.