Were you in effigy to burn, each treacherous statesman in his turn......... [engraving]
1756
P&E L2000F305
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Title
Were you in effigy to burn, each treacherous statesman in his turn......... [engraving]
Published
[London?] 1756
Description
1 print ; 24 x 23 cm. on sheet 40 x 28 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2000F305
Note
The cartoon features an effigy of an unpopular minister on horseback conducted through the streets by a roudy, cheering crowd to be burned with a gallows and a bundle of faggots. The statement below the engraving features a pillorying of the Whigs and Tories, just prior to the fall of the Newcastle and Fox administration. The work is untitled but opens with the poem: "Were you in effigy to burn, each treacherous statesman in his turn; what better would Britannia be, whilst the proud Knaves themselves are free? Knaves that have brought disgrace upon her! Have brought her votes and fold to honour!
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