Not in George BM Satires.
Library's copy has been closely trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy mounted on a sheet of light yellow card weight paper, with a lengthy paragraph written in ink below, with caption title "The flight of Dr. Priestley", explaining the significance of the image as a satirical comment on Joseph Priestley's escape from the riots which broke out in Birmingham in 1791, and recording the writer's recollections of Priestly's friend and fellow Dissenter, William Russell, whom he identifies as the figure at left. The text begins: 1st is William Russell Esq. 2nd is Dr. Priestly, in disguise, & the 3rd is [blank] Mr Russell was a willing promoter of all Dr. Priestley's political wishes. In his house he had a letter press where many of the handbills were printed of a seditious nature ... ; the identififcation here of the 2nd figure (referred to as "Hobson" in the print's caption title) as Dr. Priestly, may well be mistaken, as the Unitarian Minister John Hobson of Birmingham was also obliged to flee the riots in 1791, and was furthermore identified at the time by contemporaries as the author of a highly inflammatory handbill circulated anonymously in Birmingham a few days before the riots and credited with helping to incite the local populace to violence.
Print shows two men at right addressed by a third man at left (probably William Russell) who strides towards them saying "D--n your sheepish looks - get off for France or you'll be hang'd - then I'll return and offer 100£ reward to apprehend you"; one of the two men standing at right (possibly intended to represent minister and outspoken Dissenter John Hobson), dressed in a smock frock, holds his hand to his cheeks as he says, "Don't I look like the author of the handbill notwithstanding my disguise whrer shall I hide myself"; the third man standing directly beside him at right says "Gentmn. its near 3 o'clock you'd better be off to Stratford before day-light - Mr. Rucell, the parson will hide your chaise and papers in his barn and cover them with straw till you dare return I'll destroy this paper." He holds a document in one hand which reads: General insurrection [illegible] Midland district above 30 years of age down to 14 capable of bearing arms to act in [illegible] when they enlighten. At lower right, a dog barks at them, the word "Prebyterians" issuing from his mouth.