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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1868,0808.6238
Title
Object:
Sedition, levelling and plundering; or, the pretended friends of the people in council
Description
This title is on a printed sheet [One of two copies has the imprint 'Printed and sold by S. W. Fores, No. 3, Piccadilly, who has again opened his Exhibition Room, to which he has added several Hundred old and new Subjects. Admittance 1s.'] pasted over the title of BMSat 8131; it is the heading of a version of 'God save the King' in eight verses of which ii-vii attack the Unitarians and Paine and Priestley: 'v Tom Paine and Priestley are More base and desp'rate far, Than vile Jack Cade, He for reform did cry; They for equality Wou'd stain true liberty, With British blood.' 1792 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Isaac Cruikshank
Published by:
S W Fores
School/style
British
Production date
1792
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
400 millimetres
Width:
350 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(8131.A)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Jacob Johan Anckarström
Associated with:
Marcus Junius Brutus
Associated with:
Catiline
Associated with:
Charles I, King of England
Associated with:
Gustav III, King of Sweden
Associated with:
Thomas Paine
Associated with:
Dr Joseph Priestley
Associated with:
Wat Tyler
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Hawkins
(estate of)
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.6238