Argument against feeling [graphic].

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Title: Argument against feeling [graphic].
Contributor: Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Published / Created: [1785?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by E. Jackson, Mary le bone Street
Abstract: "Pitt lies prone on a whipping-block; Fox (left) holds up his coat-tails in his left hand, while he raises a birch-rod in his right, Pitt's bare posteriors being much scarred. Pitt says, "This is a question of feeling not Argumt"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Successful opposition -- Scrutiny begun on April 23, 1784 -- Allusion to Irish propositions -- Birch rods -- Whipping blocks.
Watermark in center of sheet: Portal & Bridges.
Mounted to 27 x 33 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.0 x 25.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching with stipple and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England)
London.
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1784
Political elections
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
Political elections > England) > London
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

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