A Break, losing the Reins Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Interior of Holy Trinity Church

Interior of Holy Trinity Church

Interior of Christ's Hospital School

the Marchioness of Rockingham

View showing men cutting stone in the street

The view shows the Royal Mile with Windsor Castle in the distance

A Break, losing the Reins Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Interior of Holy Trinity Church'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.