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The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked crown & anchor-dreams, good Lord deliver us"., British Cartoon Print

The hopes of the party, prior to July 14th "from such wicked crown & anchor-dreams, good Lord deliver us"., British Cartoon Print

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Satire on the dinner at the Crown and Anchor tavern and on the radicals who extolled the French Revolution. Charles James Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan, and legs by John Horne Tooke. Priestley and Sir Cecil Wray stand behind Sheridan.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7892
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.

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01/01/1791
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
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Library of Congress
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