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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [28 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.28.01+
- 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:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Crown & Anchor-libel burnt by the public hangman see the proceedings of the House of Commns. Novr. 26th, 1795 / [graphic]