Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Government

    Subtitled 'Or, A Glorious Oyster Season for the Lawyers', this illustration shows a crowd of lawyers eating oysters, surrounding a wooden tub marked 'LUNATICO INQUIRY'. In front of the tub stands the allegorical figure of British Justice. This is a reference to the ongoing inquiry into the mental competency of William F Windham, an inquiry featuring testimony from some of the greatest lawyers of the day, and which provided a wonderful opportunity (an 'Oyster Season') for English barristers.