1213805 Design for Grey\'s Monument and Proposed Layout and Style of Architecture for Grey Street (bodycolour) by Green, Benjamin (c.1811-58); 89.5 x60.3 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: The pillar of Grey\'s Monument in Newcastle was designed by the local architectural partnership of John Green and his son Benjamin. This view was painted in 1836 by Benjamin Green to present their ideas (the figures were contributed by another local artist, Thomas Miles Richardson, Senior). The monument was built 1837-38 with money donated by the public. It celebrated the success of the 1832 Reform Act, which was promoted by Earl Grey. The Act extended voting rights to a wider group of men (women did not have the vote).); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.