COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
7168-3-3
Call number:
DC/P769ra
Title:
The Pillars of the State.
Place:
[London]
Date:
[1768]
Image technique:
Etching
Image dimensions:
15 x 9.6 cm.
Narrative description:
Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London, and Justice Samuel Gillam are blamed for the violent suppression of the London riots, May 10, 1768. Images include: Britain as a shipwreck; Thomas Harley with a boot and a petticoat; soldiers firing on rioters; a prison; hangman's noose; John Wilkes.
References:
BM 4235
Notes:
In: The Political Register, no. XVIII(Sept., 1768), opp. p. [129]. Includes poetry. Verse, "English or Irish here shall freely swing. No Scot while Sawney rules, shall grace ye string." below shipwreck image.
Subject:
Grafton Administration (December 1767-January 1770).
Normalized date:
1768
The Pillars of the State.
