COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
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Accession number:
31438
accession_number
31438
Accession number
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Title:
THE many Headed MONSTER of SUMATRA, or LIBERTY'S EFFORTS against MINISTERIAL OPRESSION; A VISION.
title
THE many Headed MONSTER of SUMATRA, or LIBERTY'S EFFORTS against MINISTERIAL OPRESSION; A VISION.
Title
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Place:
[London] Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt.
place
[London] Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt.
Place
false
Date:
1768. June 10th
date
1768. June 10th
Date
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Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
17.6 x 29.5 cm. (image, overall)
image_dimensions
17.6 x 29.5 cm. (image, overall)
Image dimensions
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Narrative description:
A dragon attacks John Wilkes. Contest between the satirist, John Wilkes, and the government of the Duke of Grafton. Images include: Arbitrary Power as a dragon; William Wildman, Viscount Barrington; John Dunning, Lord Ashburton; John Stuart, Earl of Bute; the Devil as a Scot; George O'Brian Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, as a skull; John Glynn, sergeant-at-law; Marquis of Granby; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Hell as a fiery castle; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; William Murray, Lord Mansfield; Eye of Providence; Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis Rockingham; W. de Gray, Lord Walsingham; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; John Wilkes with liberty cap and staff of maintenance.
narrative_description
A dragon attacks John Wilkes. Contest between the satirist, John Wilkes, and the government of the Duke of Grafton. Images include: Arbitrary Power as a dragon; William Wildman, Viscount Barrington; John Dunning, Lord Ashburton; John Stuart, Earl of Bute; the Devil as a Scot; George O'Brian Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, as a skull; John Glynn, sergeant-at-law; Marquis of Granby; Fletcher Norton, Baron Grantley; Hell as a fiery castle; Henry Fox, Lord Holland, as a fox; William Murray, Lord Mansfield; Eye of Providence; Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis Rockingham; W. de Gray, Lord Walsingham; William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester; John Wilkes with liberty cap and staff of maintenance.
Narrative description
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References:
BM 4231
references
BM 4231
References
false
Notes:
Price 6d. Includes poetry. Verse, "The Shades of Night had long prevail'd." below image.
notes
Price 6d. Includes poetry. Verse, "The Shades of Night had long prevail'd." below image.
Notes
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Subject:
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770). British political scene.
subject
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770). British political scene.
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1768
normalized_date
1768
Normalized date
false