File:Acted for the benefit of the ministry (BM 1868,0808.9940).jpg
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Acted for the benefit of the ministry
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Acted for the benefit of the ministry |
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English: Parson Horne (l.) in gown and bands and Wilkes (r.) in an alderman's gown, face each other threateningly. Horne holds in his right. hand a rolled document, in the left. a book inscribed 'Composition of your Debts'. Wilkes has a rolled document in his left hand, in his raised r. hand is a book inscribed "Subscriptions to your Pamphlets". They are in the act of hurling books and papers at each other : "Horne's Speeches at Mile End", thrown by Wilkes, has just missed Horne's head. Three documents inscribed "Wilkes's; Addresses to the"; and "Freeholders of Middlesex" are just behind Wilkes's shoulder, having been hurled by Horne. Each has one foot on a volume inscribed "Political Connections". Wilkes's other foot is on a paper inscribed "Horne's Letter". 1 July 1771
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| Depicted people | Representation of: John Horne Tooke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1771 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.9940 |
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) >From the 'Political Register', viii. 319. For the payment of Wilkes's debts see Stephens, 'Memoirs of Horne Tooke', i. 270 ff. The accusation that Horne was acting in the interest of the ministry was made by Junius in his letter to Grafton of 9 July 1771. For the quarrel between Horne and Wilkes see BMSat 4861, &c. The plate was also used in the 'Royal Magazine', xxv. 654, Oct. 1771. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-9940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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