Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: [Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose]
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Accession number:
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31569
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Title:
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[Avaunt ye troublers of a World's repose]
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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1768
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Image technique:
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Engraving
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Image dimensions:
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15.2 x 10.3 cm. (image)
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Narrative description:
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Liberty, George III, and Britannia listen to the pleas of a commoner. This may refer to the cause of John Wilkes, who was elected to the House of Commons but rejected by votes of the "King's friends" three times. The affair of the "Middlesex election" resulted eventually in freedom of election for the House of Commons. Images include: the "British people"; liberty cap; staff of maintenance.
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References:
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Not in BM. Cresswell, American Revolution, 635
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Notes:
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From: the London Magazine, no. xxxvii (1768), frontispiece. Includes poetry. Title from first line of verse engraved below image.
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Subject:
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Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770).
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Normalized date:
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1768
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