[John Horne Tooke] Political Amusements for Young Gentlemen; - or, -The Old Brentford Shuttlecock, between Old-Sarum, & the Temple of St. Steevens.
J.s Gillray inv.t & fec.t.
Publish'd March 15.th 1801. by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street/
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾").
Lord Temple and Lord Camelford play battledore and shuttlecock with the head of John Horne Tooke. A satire on Horne Tooke's return to parliament after a by-election for the pocket borough of Old Sarum, at which Temple tried to exclude him on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England.
BM Satires 9716.
[Ref: 63379] £460.00
Publish'd March 15.th 1801. by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street/
Coloured etching. 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾").
Lord Temple and Lord Camelford play battledore and shuttlecock with the head of John Horne Tooke. A satire on Horne Tooke's return to parliament after a by-election for the pocket borough of Old Sarum, at which Temple tried to exclude him on the grounds that he had taken orders in the Church of England.
BM Satires 9716.
[Ref: 63379] £460.00