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The national union 1771

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The national union 1771

Published

[London?] : Design'd and Engrav'd for the Political register, [June 1, 1771]

etching
image: 5 15/16 x 3 7/8 inches (151 x 98 mm); sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 inches (163 x 101 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1242
Notes
Date of publication from BM catalog.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A man, standing on a bank, holds the staff of a large Union flag which is wrapped round a group of six standing figures who are poorly characterized, but are presumably patriots. One is Lord Chatham, holding a crutch; beside him stands a judge in wig and robes who is probably Lord Camden.

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