TITLE: Pro bono publico - the public cluster in terrorem / WD. CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 6627 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-45472 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Print shows a grapevine twisted about a gibbet from which hangs a pendulous bunch of grapes with the faces of various British ministers, the most prominent being that of Charles James Fox, with Lord North slightly lower on the left and Edmund Burke on the right, at the top is the Earl of Derby, and at bottom is Sam House, others depicted are Keppel, Stormont, Cavendish, Portland, and possibly Carlisle and Lee. On the ground is a pile of "Trophies" from their terms in office. MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pubd. as the Act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place, 1784 June 25th. CREATOR: Dent, William, fl. 1783-1793, artist. NOTES: Title from item. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6627 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 873. SUBJECTS: Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806. North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792. Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797. Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. Grapevines--England--1780-1790. Gallows--England--1780-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Puns (Visual works) British 1780-1790.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.Engravings British 1780-1790. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45667 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45667 CONTROL #: 2004676778
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