Detail View: JCB Political Cartoons: THE CHURCH MILITANT
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Accession number:
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9332-2
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Call number:
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D793/P142l/1-Size/c. 2
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Title:
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THE CHURCH MILITANT
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Place:
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[London]
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Date:
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[1784]
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Image technique:
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Engraving, colored
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Image dimensions:
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20.4 x 19.3 cm. (image)
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Narrative description:
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Satirizes poor men with no religious calling who enter the church for money alone. Images include: the Reverend Captain Pennyless.
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References:
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BM 6610
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Notes:
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In JCB's extra-illustrated copy of The literary life of Thomas Pennant, London, 1793, opp. p. 20. Includes poetry. Verse, " With spear & scarlet now I'm deck'd," signed "I. Sternhold," in 4 columns below image. "See Mr. Pennant's literary life. P. 21" below title.
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Subject:
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Social satire.
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Normalized date:
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1784
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