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A Petitioning, Remonstrating, Reforming, Republican / R.s.

A Petitioning, Remonstrating, Reforming, Republican / R.s.

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TITLE:  A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5665 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-6862 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Cartoon shows a "Republican" squatting over an upturned crown, urinating into an upturned bishop's mitre. He supports himself with a staff on which is a liberty cap with the word "liberty" crossed out and "rebellion" written underneath. A doggrel "Your petitioner sheweth" is written underneath the image. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1782 May 8. NOTES: LC copy, dated 1782, lacks publication information cited in British Museum Catalog. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5665 (later issue) SUBJECTS: Urination--1780-1790. Liberty cap--1780-1790. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Etchings Hand-colored 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06862 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g06862 CONTROL #:  00652675