England under the house of Hanover; : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. (1848)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist, Brown, Joseph, fl. 1837-1886, engraver, Cook, Conrad, fl. 1831-1850, engraver, Urquhart, Francis Fortescue, former owner · London : Richard Bentley... · leaf 164
of fifty-four malefactors executed for robbingof a hen-roost; an allusion to the severity with whichthe most trifling depredators on the Kings privatefarm were prosecuted. Beneath them is seated acrippled soldier, seeking in vain for relief. On theother side of the picture, a little in the… … courtly Duke of Orleans. Behind them, the walls arealso placarded. On one bill we read, (Economy, anold song; on another, British property, a farce ; ona third, Just published, for the benefit of posterity,The dying groans of liber-ty ; and two torn bills im-mediately over the princeshead bear,…
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