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A British Janus, Anglicè a Timeserver

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A British Janus, Anglicè a Timeserver

[1709]
etching and engraving
11 x 6 1/2 in. (278 x 165 mm.)
Peel 0151
Notes
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A broadside satirising High/Low Church disputes, with an engraving showing a Janus figure preaching, the left half showing a bishop in a pulpit, the right half a puritan in a tub.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints