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The Political Coal Heavers.

The Political Coal Heavers.

[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Etching. 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"), with margins.
Coal heavers shovel coal ('cole' was slang for money) into the pocket of Prime Minister, the Duke of Grafton, who tries to bribe John Wikes to be quiet. One bag is marked 'For the Use of MacQuirk, who was found guilty of the murder of George Clarke but pardoned, another for N[anc]y P[arson]s, Grafton's mistress. A Scots Guards grenadier says 'I serv;d you faithfully in St George's Fields, pray give me some Cole.
BM Satires 4321.
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