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TITLE:  Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 7639 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-07653 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  A British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact that a person seeking a position in the clergy was bound by the same obligations, the clergy was opposed to passage of Stanhope's bill, as is shown in this image in which two bishops, standing on shore, prevent Stanhope and his "Ark," filled with three sacks bearing labels pertaining to the "Penal Laws," from landing. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : Pubd by W. Holland No. 50 Oxford Street, 1790 April 3. CREATOR: Holland, William, fl. 1782-1817, publisher. NOTES: Title from item. Printed above image: In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of Humorous Prints. Admitce: one shilling. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / George, v. 6, no. 7639 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Stanhope, Charles Stanhope,--Earl,--1753-1816. Bishops--Great Britain--1790. Religion & politics--Great Britain--1790. Politics & government--Great Britain--1790. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1790.Etchings 1790. PART OF:  British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) ppmsca 07653 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07653 CONTROL #:  2004682209

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