The Meeting of the Legion Club
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View Metadata| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | The Meeting of the Legion Club | ||
| IDENTIFIERS | |||
| Legacy Identifier | Paine 75 B71m | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | A satirical depiction of the January 23rd opening of Parliament. William Pitt is depicted as a messenger riding a donkey, bearing the Treaty of Commerce with France and leading a group advancing to meet Charles James Fox and his supporters. Fox is riding a cannon from which a blast inscribed "Voice of the People" issues. George III is visible inside the state coach in the background. | ||
| Note | George vol. 6, no. 7132. Possible artist, John Boyne. | ||
| Language | English (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Pitt, William, the Younger, 1759-1806 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Wilkes, John, 1725-1795 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry, Duke of Portland, 1738-1809 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Loughborough, Alexander Wedderburn, Baron of, 1733-1805 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | StillImage | ||
| Genre | Political Cartoons | ||
| Format | intaglio, hand-colored | ||
| Format | intaglio, hand-colored | ||
| Extent | H 26.9 cm, W 42.4 cm | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1787-01-23 | ||
| Date Modified | 2014-10-29 | ||
| Place | No. 164 Picadilly | ||
| Place | England | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Colonel Richard Gimbel Collection of Thomas Paine Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.P165 | ||
| URL | http://amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P165-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
| Use | The APS has an Open Access Policy for all unrestricted material in the digital library. Open Access Materials can be used freely for non-commercial, scholarly, educational, or fair use as defined under United States copyright law. Read the full policy and learn more about our Rights and Reproduction at: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/rights | ||
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