Pro bono publico - the public cluster in terrorem / WD., British Cartoon Print
Summary
Print shows a grapevine twisted about a gibbet from which hangs a pendulous bunch of grapes with the faces of various British ministers, the most prominent being that of Charles James Fox, with Lord North slightly lower on the left and Edmund Burke on the right, at the top is the Earl of Derby, and at bottom is Sam House, others depicted are Keppel, Stormont, Cavendish, Portland, and possibly Carlisle and Lee. On the ground is a pile of "Trophies" from their terms in office.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6627
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 873.
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