Bags.-- (a scruple balance)

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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Bags.-- (a scruple balance)
wood engraving
125 x 109 mm
Peel 2149
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Detached from The political showman at home, London : William Hone, 1821.
Trimmed to remove all text below title.
Printed below image and above title: [15 lines of quotations from various sources, including Corbet and Shakespeare]

Summary: 

Eldon's face, rectangular between two pendent bags representing his wig, is supported on a body formed by the Purse of the Great Seal.

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