A goose lets blood from a seated gentleman holding a crutch, while geese representing Portsmouth aldermen sit in council. Etching, 1761.

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Feb 21 1761
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575563i
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A goose lets blood from a seated gentleman holding a crutch, while geese representing Portsmouth aldermen sit in council. Etching, 1761. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Left, a palatial building representing Portsmouth town hall. Inside is a flock of geese representing the Portsmouth aldermen. They seem to be debating a compromise measure which would bring the city trade with North America

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[London] (King Street Covent Garden) : Dan Job, Feb 21 1761.

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1 print : etching ; sheet 23.9 x 33.7 cm

Lettering

The Gothamites in council. Humbly inscribed to the geese in disgrace sometime call'd the honest men of P--h. ... Each goose was hank'ring for a place. **A cuckow with an asses's head singing his own wise productions. Below the image are verses in two columns: "Two black crownd geese of middle age, / By some thought cunning, few thought sage; / Who oft had smother'd discontent, / And long on mischief been intent / Now thought it oppertune to try, / The force of independancy: / But honestly to state the case, / Each goose was hank'ring for a place."

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III, part 2, London 1877, no. 3117, pp. 803-805

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Wellcome Collection 575563i

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