Doctor Phlogiston, the priestley politician or the political priest! [graphic]Collings, Samuel, printmakerJuly 1st, 1791.engPrint shows Priestley walking right to left, diagonally away from the spectator; his face, turned in profile to the left, has a sinister smile. He holds out, as firebrands, two burning papers: 'Political Sermon' and 'Essay on Government'. From his pockets other papers project inscribed: 'Revolution Toasts, Essays on Matlin [sic] Spirit' and 'Gunpowder'. He tramples on books and papers, including an open book: 'Bible explained away.' Cf. British Museum catalogueTitle engraved below image.Possibly executed by Samuel Collings, who is believed to have employed the pseudonym Annibal Scratch for some of his prints.Questionable attribution to John Nixon from unverified data in local catalog record.Text above image: Attic miscellany. Political portraiture no. 4.Plate issued as an illustration in: Attic miscellany. London : Printed for Bentley and Co., v. 2, no. 22 (1791), page 369.