BIR2103 The Meeting of the Unions on Newhall Hill, Birmingham, 16th May 1832 (oil on canvas) by Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846); 71.1x91.7 cm; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; (add.info.: The campaign to extend the franchise had been led by the Birmingham Political Union (BPU) founded by Thomas Attwood (1783-1859) in December, 1831; The rally on Newhall Hill, thought to have been attended by 200,000 people, came as part of the Days of May, a period of unrest that followed the wrecking of the Third Reform Bill and the fall of Lord Grey\'s government;); English, out of copyright.