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The Triumph of Independence over Majesterial Influence and Corruption, 8 March 1805

 Item — Box: LF104/8 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/8/5

Scope and Contents

Artist: Charles Williams. Published: S. W. Fores. A street scene. Sir Francis Burdett, talleft handsome, and distinguished but a poor portrait, stands (right) turning his head in profile towards Mainwaring and extending his right arm with a gesture of dismissal. In his left hand is a paper: 'Constitution of England'. Mainwaring, fashionably dressed, but mean and vulgar, stands with flexed knees and wrists crossed over his breast. He squints towards Burdett and clutches a paper: 'Mar . . List'. Burdett says: "Go Hireling! retire to thy original Nothingness, nor suffer Ministerial Influence to hold thee up to ridicule again, nor dare oppose the legitimate Choice of the Electors of Middlesex." Mainwaring soliloquizes (mis-quoting 'Paradise Lost', iv. 37-9): "Oh how I hate those Beams \ which bring to my remembrance from \ "What State I am Fallen.' A stout bailiff or constable (left) addresses him: "I have got a Writ of Bastardy for Justice Juggle." Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 8 March 1805

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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