A Break, losing the Reins Matthew Cotes Wyatt One part of a two-piece

One part of a two-piece image

including the skeleton of a giant human

The memorial was destroyed during the English Civil War

'Remember the Poor Prisoners'

A Break, losing the Reins Matthew Cotes Wyatt One part of a two-piece'A Break, losing the Reins', 1830. Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel about to fall from a vehicle, hauled by a horse (Alderman Hunter) and an ass (Alderman Key), which has shattered on a rock inscribed 'Public Opinion'. Wellington's government was so unpopular that Hunter and Key (who was Lord Mayor of London at the time) felt compelled to cancel the 1830 Lord Mayor's Show due to fear of rioting.