File:Loyalty- against- levelling. (BM 1868,0808.6246).jpg
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[edit]Loyalty- against- levelling. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: James Sayers
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Title |
Loyalty- against- levelling. |
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Description |
English: The left and wider portion of the design represents 'England', the right portion 'France'; two posts and the corners of two buildings meet along the dividing line. From each post a horizontal beam projects to support a signboard, in each case that of a crown. In England this is in place, and has the inscription 'Good Entertainment for Man & Horse'; two Frenchmen standing on the opposite side are pulling at the English sign with ropes. They stand on the sign of the (French) crown which has already been cut down. They are assisted by Tom Paine who sits astride the horizontal bar to saw it through, but leaves his saw in the wood to stare in terror at a large bill, posted on the house from which the sign projects, and inscribed: 'Association for preserving Liberty & Property against Republicans and Levellers Resolved. . . '. He exclaims, "Here's a Stop to my Levelling." He is dressed in a slovenly manner and from his pocket protrude 'D Priestley Sermon' (see BMSat 7887, &c.) and 'Rights of Man' (see BMSats 7867, 8137, &c). On the ground, and opposite the door of the Crown Inn, stand a sailor (left) and a soldier (right) who clasp hands; the sailor waves his hat, crying, "for our King and"; the soldier, who holds a musket, the butt end resting on the ground, adds "Country". Against the door is pasted a bill headed 'Proclamation' (see BMSat 8095), and ending 'God save the King'. The rays of the sun dispel some dark clouds which surround Paine. In the background is a castle, flying a British flag, and the masts of ships. In front of them is a wall on which stands a small defiant British Lion.
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1792 date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6246 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) An 'Association for preserving Liberty and Property against Levellers and Republicans' was formed in Nov. 1792 on the initiation of John Reeves. 'Ann. Reg.', 1792, ii. 155* ff. For its correspondence, Nov. 1792-Feb. 1793, see B.M. Add. MSS. 6919-28. It circulated pamphlets, prints, &c. See BMSats 8141, 8142, 8144, 8149. For Paine's flight to France see BMSats 8131, 8137. Except for BMSat 8084, the first print to hint at war with France, but cf. BMSat 8136, &c, on the foreign policy of the Girondins. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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