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  Coriolanus addressing the Plebians
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  Coriolanus addressing the Plebians

  "George IV in Roman costume facing the Radicals. Containing portraits of G.C. [Cruikshank], Hone, and many other prominent agitators." Includes portraits of William Cobbett, Henry Hunt, Thomas Wooler, John Cartwright, John Hobhouse, Francis Burdett and Alderman Waithman

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  A Free Born Englishman! The Admiration of the World!!!and the Envy of the Surrounding Nations!!!! !
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  A Free Born Englishman! The Admiration of the World!!!and the Envy of the Surrounding Nations!!!! !

  John Bull, a personification of England, depicted in chains and gagged. He stands on the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights. A denunciation of the Six Acts against free speech and press

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  Law versus humanity, or a parody on British liberty
  

  Creator

  Charles Williams

  Law versus humanity, or a parody on British liberty

  Relates inhumanity of Hone's arrest and treatment during his first trial on December 18, 1817 when Lord Ellenborough refused to grant him a recess

  Creator

  Charles Williams

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  All my eye
  

  Creator

  Robert Cruikshank

  All my eye

  A portrait of Queen Caroline rests on a printing press. The title refers to William Hone's pamphlet, The political showman -- at home!, dated April, 1821. In the pamphlet, "My Eye" symbolizes the printing press.

  Creator

  Robert Cruikshank

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  The "Damnable Association;" or, the infernal inquisition of Black Friars : an interior view of the den in Bridge Street, with the gang at work
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  The "Damnable Association;" or, the infernal inquisition of Black Friars : an interior view of the den in Bridge Street, with the gang at work

  A tripart satire on The Times editor John Stoddart (Slop) and the Constitutional Association (Bridge Street Gang): Stoddart tortures Truth and Liberty; Association members destroy a printing press; the latter burn Hone's pamphlets.

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  Fanatical reformists, or The Smithfield Ass-embly of new legislators
  

  Creator

  Charles Williams

  Fanatical reformists, or The Smithfield Ass-embly of new legislators

  A reformist, Henry Hunt, sits on a rearing donkey and speaks to a crowd of animals in Smithfield Market. The braying donkey has the head of William Cobbett; its neck has profiles of other reformists, possibly including William Hone

  Creator

  Charles Williams

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  Fast colours : Patience on a monument smiling at Grief, or the royal laundress washing Boney's court dresses
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  Fast colours : Patience on a monument smiling at Grief, or the royal laundress washing Boney's court dresses

  A caricature of Louis XVIII as an old washerwoman trying to remove the tricolor from Napoleon's court clothing. "Boney" (Napoleon) watches from exile on St. Helena

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  The afterpeice [i.e. afterpiece] to the tragedy of Waterloo - or - Madame Françoise & her managers !!!
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  The afterpeice [i.e. afterpiece] to the tragedy of Waterloo - or - Madame Françoise & her managers !!!

  "A Caricature of the Allies dividing up France." The title is a play on the words "after peace." The Allies chain and torture the figure of France, feed her "Les Bourbons", and claim, "We come to restore France to her ancient rights & Liberties."

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  The property tax for ever !!! or a city MP feeling the pulse of his constituents
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  The property tax for ever !!! or a city MP feeling the pulse of his constituents

  Johnny Atkins' harangue concerning the property tax and his right to vote against his constituents' wishes.

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

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  William the Conqueror, or The game cock of Guildhall
  

  Creator

  George Cruikshank

  William the Conqueror, or The game cock of Guildhall

  "A caricature of Hone's trial." William Hone as a rooster who conquers Sir Samuel Shepherd and Mr. Justice Abbott at Guildhall court.

  Creator

  George Cruikshank