Retribution; tarring & feathering, or, The Patriots revenge

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Retribution; tarring & feathering, or, The Patriots revenge
[London] : Pubd Novr 26th 1795 by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.402
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[London] : Pubd. Novr. 26th 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.

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Print shows Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, standing between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in towards Fox, who shoves a mop (?) inscribed 'Remonstrance of the People' and covered with hot tar into his mouth . He stands beside a steaming cauldron (of tar) inscribed 'Rights of the People', under which are blazing papers: 'Sedition Bill', 'Ministerial Influence', and 'Informations'. Round Pitt's neck is a noose, the rope from which hangs over a lamp-bracket. On the lamp is a crown; on the post a placard: 'Fate of the Sedition Bill'. Sheridan raises in both hands a huge cap of 'Libertas', from which feathers shower down on Pitt's head. Beneath the title: "Nay & you'll stop our Mouths, beware your Own."

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