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The head of John Wilkes, the Lord Mayor Brass Crosby and the recently elected sheriff, Frederick Bull decorated with civic chains pass as meteors through the sky into the mouth of oblivion. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1 Nov. 1771]Reference: 584757i- Pictures
Earl Talbot stands behind a fire screen armed with a spit and a pot lid in an attempt to defend himself from John Wilkes who is armed with a pen and an ink-bottle. Etching with etched verse below, 1762.
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.Date: (Oct 3 1762)Reference: 581197i- Books
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An Authentick account of the proceedings against John Wilkes, Esq; Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, and late colonel of the Buckinghamshire militia. Containing all the papers relative to this interesting affair, from that gentleman's being taken into custody by His Majesty's messengers, to his discharge at the Court of Common Pleas. With an abstract of that precious jewel of an Englishman, the Habeas Corpus Act. Also the North Briton no. 45. Being the paper for which Mr. Wilkes was sent to the Tower. Addressed to all lovers of liberty.
Date: 1763- Pictures
Lord North stands on two blocks astride a stream carrying members of parliament which flows from the door of Westminster Hall. Engraving, 1774.
Date: [1 Dec. 1774]Reference: 584819i- Pictures
A stage scene showing an interior where a masked man in a close-fitting striped dress stands before a table on which sits a volume of the House of Commons, beyond which is an open window showing tailors at work in a building opposite. Engraving, 1769.
Date: [Jan 26 1769]Reference: 583483i- Pictures
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King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1770]Reference: 583530i- Pictures
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Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
S.L., active 1772.Date: [1 Jan. 1772]Reference: 584784i- Pictures
Lord Bute in highland dress accompanied by Proteus as a merman pulls the string of a kite with the head of William Pitt the younger; a bull spears the cap of liberty before a crowd of gentlemen holding flags of their relevant companies. Engraving with etching, ca. 1767.
Date: [1767?]Reference: 585373i- Pictures
Dignitaries of the City of London receiving official addresses while imprisoned in a cell in the Tower of London. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1771]Reference: 2804595i- Pictures
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A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.
Date: [12 August 1769]Reference: 12168i- Pictures
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Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
Date: [1 Dec. 1776]Reference: 584820i- Books
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The annual necrology, for 1797-8; including, also, various articles of neglected biography.
Date: 1800