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The radical balance
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105 x 85 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2200
Published:
[London] : [Published by G. Greenland, 3, Finsbury-Place], [1820]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Detached from The palace of John Bull, contrasted with the poor 'House that Jack built,' London: G. Greenland, 1820.
Printed below image: First see the fair SCALES of JUSTICE suspended, / Shall a FEATHER outweigh what BRITONS defended? / The Sceptre and Crown. -- and bless'd inspired Word ; / Our Laws of renown. -- and Justice's Sword.
Summary:
A pair of scales, with the cap of Liberty and a feather outweighed by a Holy Bible, on which rest "Magna Carta", "Bill of Rights", "Habeas Corpus", and a crown, scepter, and sword.
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