Print shows Priestley walking right to left, diagonally away from the spectator; his face, turned in profile to the left, has a sinister smile. He holds out, as firebrands, two burning papers: 'Political Sermon' and 'Essay on Government'. From his pockets other papers project inscribed: 'Revolution Toasts, Essays on Matlin [sic] Spirit' and 'Gunpowder'. He tramples on books and papers, including an open book: 'Bible explained away.' Cf. British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Possibly executed by Samuel Collings, who is believed to have employed the pseudonym Annibal Scratch for some of his prints., Questionable attribution to John Nixon from unverified data in local catalog record., Text above image: Attic miscellany. Political portraiture no. 4., and Plate issued as an illustration in: Attic miscellany. London : Printed for Bentley and Co., v. 2, no. 22 (1791), page 369.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by W. Locke
Subject (Name):
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.