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Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [1813]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 22 Box D305
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uni...
Description:: Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design.
Subject (Name):: Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Bonfires
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of two celebrated enemies of Old England & their dying speeches, Nov. 5th, 1813 [art orignal].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [28 November 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Pitt as hangman stands beside a fire of faggots immediately outside the door of the 'Crown & Anchor' (name on door-post). In his right hand is an axe; he drops an open book into the flames, and looks over his shoulder at Reeves who is disappearing in...
Alternative Title:: Crown and Anchor-libel burnt by the public hangman
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 28th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Reeves, John, 1752?-1829., Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808., and Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Axes, Bonfires, Executioners, Lamps, and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Crown & Anchor-libel burnt by the public hangman see the proceedings of the House of Commns. Novr. 26th, 1795 / [graphic]