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William Holland
[Edmund Burke strangling Liberty]
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plate mark: 240 x 202 mm; sheet: 251 x 214 mm
Peel 3414
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London : Pubd Feby 1792 by W Holland, 50 Oxford St., [1792]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Image coterminous with plate mark.
Summary:
Print shows Edmund Burke, wearing a Jesuit's biretta, in the act of strangling the figure of Liberty with a thin cord; Liberty lies semi-prone with her head thrown back, holding a pole topped with a bonnet rouge in one hand and a copy of "History of the French Revolution" in the other.
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