Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.

Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington face each other as two opposing Irish chieftains. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

Daniel O'Connell plays chess with Lord Melbourne while Britannia watches. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.

A barber reading political news from a newspaper to his client; in the background another man listens too. Mezzotint after T. Clater (?).

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The figures wrapped within the flag are believed to represent patriots. The Earl of Chatham is identified by his crutch. The judge in wig and robes beside him is believed to be Lord Camden. On the so-called political unity within Britain at the time

1 print : engraving ; image 14.9 x 9.7 cm

A man standing on a bank holds a large union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

On Pitt the younger's resignation from parliament. Pitt's supporters following him are: Dundas (Secretary of state for war), Grenville (Foreign secretary), George Spencer (First Lord), and Earl of Loughborough (Chancellor). The opposition are led by Richard Sheridan (as a butcher with a cleaver) and Matthew Tierney (as a ragged cobbler wearing a bonnet rouge, reference to his support for the French revolution)

William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.

Samuel Turner, then Lord Mayor of London stands at the head of the procession addressing Liberty 'I don't think myself answerable for the contents' (i.e of the petition). Behind follows a mule carrying the naked figure of Truth with a radiant sun on her head and carrying a palm branch. The panniers on the sides of the mule are labelled 'grievonces & apprehensions'. William Beckford, ex-Lord Mayor of London (1763 and 1770) follows behind as he addresses Alderman Barlow Trecothick who was appointed Mayor in 1770, 'I know ye allegations to be true' to which Trecothick responds 'I think it my duty to obey my constituents'. Sir R. Ladbroke, Mayor in 1748, stands beside them with the declaration 'I feel for the wrongs of America'. An effigy of the fourth member of the representatives in Parliament of the City of London appears on crossed poles behind the procession. Lord Holland (with the face of a fox) lurks within one of the sentry boxes at the entrance (labelled 'the gates of re-dress') as he points to a fool's cap on the ground with the words 'it fits exactly'. On the city's continuing and jealously guarded freedom from royal and parliamentary interference. Turner was criticised for joining this procession to petition the King which attacked Lord Holland's misuse of public funds

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A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

Argues that the African American community, focused primarily on racial issues of concern to middle-class heterosexual males, ignored the AIDS crisis, in which other groups are most at risk.

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A man standing on a bank holds a large union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.

Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

The boundaries of blackness : AIDS and the breakdown of Black politics / Cathy J. Cohen.

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A man standing on a bank holds a large union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.

Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

The boundaries of blackness : AIDS and the breakdown of Black politics / Cathy J. Cohen.

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