The Green Bag Committee investigating allegations of sedition and unrest. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1817.
- Marks, Lewis, active 1817-1824.
- Date:
- 27 February 1817
- Reference:
- 12214i
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According to the British Museum catalogue, not the Green Bag committee which investigated the allegations of adultery made against Queen Caroline, but a different one, set up by the Home Secretary Henry Addington to look into possible seditious conspiracies
The print contains extensive dialogue and annotations
Publication/Creation
[London] (98 Cheapside) : J. Johnson, 27 February 1817.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour
Contributors
Lettering
A peep in to the green bag or the secret committee of magnifiers. Marks fect.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IX, London 1949, no. 12868
Reference
Wellcome Collection 12214i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- SeditionGreat Britain
- Civil disobedience
- Committees
- Examination of witnesses
- CostumeHistory19th century
- Great Britain
- Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
- Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822.
- Canning, George, 1770-1827.
- Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829.
- Willberforce, William, 1759-1833.
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Location Status Access Closed stores