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James Gillray
1756-1815
A march to the bank : Vide, the Strand, Fleet Street, Cheapside &c. morning & evening.
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image: 408 x 535 mm; sheet: 424 x 548 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2562
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Augt. 22d. 1787, by S. W. Fores, Piccadilly, [1787]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from item.
A later state, with additional drapery added to the exposed thighs of the fallen fishwoman.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Cartoon shows heavily armed British troops arrogantly marching double file through the crowded streets of London trampling and stomping pedestrians and street merchants who have been violently pushed to the ground.
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