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The chancellor of the Inquisition marking the incorrigibles
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The chancellor of the Inquisition marking the incorrigibles [print] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico.
Publication
[London] : [Printed for H.G. Bohn, by C. Whiting], [1851]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, black and white ; plate marks36 x 24 cm on a sheet 64 x 46 cm.
Local Notes
Hicks classification: LM Z G41 flat plate 99.
Library's copy on a sheet originally including with plates 97-100. The sheet has been cut in half, with plates 98 and 100 lacking.
Notes
Restruck from original plate: [London] : Pubd. March 19th 1793 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1793]
Imprint from Library of Congress record LCCN68111270, for the Bohn edition of 1851. Plate number is from the Bohn edition.
Summary
Print shows Burke advancing towards the door of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, over which is inscribed 'British Inquisition'. He wears a skull-cap and long legal robe, from his waist hangs a bag like that of the Great Seal, on which the royal arms are replaced by a crown and anchor and having a skull at each corner. He holds up a large sheaf of paper headed 'Black List', his pen touching the last word of the inscription (a parody of Richard III): 'Beware of N--rf--k! --P--tl--d loves us not! - The R--ss--l's will not join us The Man of the People [Fox] has lived too long for us! The Friends of the People must be blasted by us! Sherridan, Ersk[ine].' On one of the door-posts is a narrow slit inscribed 'Anonymous - Letter Box'.
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English
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August 23, 2016
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