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Richard Lee
-1809
A cure for national grievances
Published
[London] : [Richard Lee], [ca. 1795]
engraving
image: 107 x 74 mm; plate mark: 114 x 80 mm; sheet: 130 x 94 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1888
Notes
Illustration detached from broadside poem Citizen Guillotine : a new shaving machine. Statement of responsibility reads: Printed for Citizen Lee, at the British Tree of Liberty, No. 98, Berwick-street, Soho.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Heading to a set of printed verses: "Citizen Gullotine, a new shaving machine. Tune 'Bob shave a king'." At left, a pig on its hind-legs pulls the cord of a guillotine, which is about to decapitate a kneeling donkey; at right, another pig sniffs at a broken crown. Behind them is the corner of a building inscribed "Revolution Place"; on the door is inscribed "Dr. Guillotine," and above it is a placard that reads "The Kings Evil cured Gratis."
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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