'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 on. The scene is the Council Chamber, Guildhall. Wellington and the Tories repeatedly blocked the Reform Acts in the House of Lords, sparking public unrest.
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