Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: PREROGATIVES DEFEAT or LIBERTIES TRIUMPH
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Accession number:
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31513
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Title:
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PREROGATIVES DEFEAT or LIBERTIES TRIUMPH
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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[1780]
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Image technique:
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Etching
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Image dimensions:
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23 x 29.8 cm. (image, trimmed)
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Narrative description:
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Lord John Dunning's movement to restrict the prerogatives of the king and his ministers was the beginning of the end for the North administration. Images include: America as an Indian; John Dunning, Lord Ashburton; John Stuart, Earl of Bute, fallen; Charles James Fox (1749-1806); Ireland as a soldier; Frederick, Lord North, fallen; Highland Scot, attacking.
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References:
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Cf. BM 5659; Cresswell American Revolution, 770
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Notes:
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Lacks imprint present on BM 5659 (not in JCB): "Publisd Aprill 20. 1780 by E. Darchery St. Js' Street."
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Subject:
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British political scene North Administration (January 1770-March 1782).
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Normalized date:
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1780
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