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J. Robins and Co.
The speech presumptive
Published
[London] : [James Robins & Co., Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row], 4 June 1825
wood engraving
130 x 160 mm
Peel 2021
Notes
Print detached from Captain Rock in London, or, The chieftain's gazette for the year 1825, no. 14, June 4, 1825, p. 105.
Illustration accompanied a satirical essay about an anti-Catholic speech delivered by the Duke of York to Parliament on April 25, 1825, in which he stated that he hoped that "no further concession may be made to the Roman Catholics". The speech was subsequently published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, London, and printed by J. Whittaker in gold on very heavy paper.
Illustration accompanied a satirical essay about an anti-Catholic speech delivered by the Duke of York to Parliament on April 25, 1825, in which he stated that he hoped that "no further concession may be made to the Roman Catholics". The speech was subsequently published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street, London, and printed by J. Whittaker in gold on very heavy paper.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A man in military regalia, wearing a papal mitre and holding a crosier in his right hand, addresses Parliament.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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