A man standing on a bank holds a large Union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

Date:
[January 1771]
Reference:
584088i
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Description

The figures wrapped within the flag are believed to represent patriots. The Earl of Chatham is identified by his crutch. The judge in wig and robes beside him is believed to be Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, wo had been Lord Chancellor from 1766 to January 1770. On the so-called political unity within Britain at the time

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Henry Beevor], [January 1771]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 14.9 x 9.7 cm

Lettering

The national union 1771.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. V., London 1978, no. 4858 (as published 1 June 1771)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 584088i

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