Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: England's Friends.
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Accession number:
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10625-2-4
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Call number:
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DC/L847m/V. 2
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Title:
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England's Friends.
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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[1770]
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Image technique:
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Etching
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Image dimensions:
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18.4 x 12.2 cm. (plate mark)
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Narrative description:
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Four medallion portraits surround four clasped hands, clockwise: "Chatham, Temple, Rockingham, Camden." Celebration of "not guilty" verdict in the trial of the printer, John Miller, who reprinted Junius's Letter to the K--- in the London Evening Post (19 December, 1769). Images include: Charles Pratt, Baron Camden; Charles Watson-Wentworth, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham; Richard Grenville, Earl Temple.
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References:
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BM 4438
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Notes:
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In: London Museum, v.2 (October, 1770), opp. p. [199]. Below image, "Thrice Happy Patriots whom no Courts debase," attributed to P. Whitehead. For a companion piece, see accession # 10625-2-1.
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Subject:
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British political scene.
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Normalized date:
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1770
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