Mr. Burke's Pair of Spectacles for short sighted Politicians
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View Metadata| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Mr. Burke's Pair of Spectacles for short sighted Politicians | ||
| IDENTIFIERS | |||
| Legacy Identifier | Paine 75 Sa9m | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Sayers, James, 1748-1823 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Fox, assisted by Sheridan and a demon-riding Priestley, prepares to strike a symbol-laden tree with an ax inscribed "Rights of Man". An open copy of Rights of Man sits among other books nearby. The scene is seen through a pair of spectacles on which portraits of Fox and Sheridan are engraved. | ||
| Note | George: 7858 Gimbel: 229 Folder includes the August 29, 1791 issue of the Gazette of the United States, vol. III, no. 34 | ||
| Language | English (eng) | ||
| Language | French (fre) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | StillImage | ||
| Genre | Political Cartoons | ||
| Format | intaglio, hand-colored | ||
| Format | intaglio | ||
| Extent | H 32 cm, W 24.5 | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1791-05-12 | ||
| Date Modified | 2014-10-30 | ||
| Publisher | Thomas Cornell | ||
| Place | Bruton Street | ||
| 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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