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The parricide. A sketch of modern patriotism.
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English: Britannia, held down by two men, is about to be stabbed by America, in the guise of a Red Indian woman with a head-dress of feathers, holding a tomahawk in one hand, a dagger in the other. Britannia is also being clawed by a lion, which advances under the guidance of a judge who holds reins attached to the animal's jaws. Behind the judge (presumably Camden) stands Chatham supported on crutches. Wilkes in his civic gown stands between America and Britannia, directing the attack. Grafton, who had recently joined the Opposition, holds her by one arm, a man in a civic gown and chain holds her by the other; he is probably Alderman Hayley, Wilkes's brother-in-law, M.P. for the City, who was sheriff 1775-6. Among the other patriots is a fox, representing Charles Fox. Britannia's shield, trampled on by America, and her broken spear lie on the ground. In the centre of the foreground is an oval medallion on which is a pelican piercing her breast for her young. A partly-draped man, probably representing Discord or Faction, stands (l.) brandishing a flaming torch in each hand; his hair is composed of serpents. 1 May 1776
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Depicted people Representation of: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Date 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 116 millimetres
Width: 177 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
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Accession number
1868,0808.10075
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) >From the 'Westminster Magazine', iv. 216. This illustrates 'Reflections on the Declarations of the General Congress' pp. 216-19, and, more particularly, a quotation from a pamphlet, 'The Rights of Great Britain Asserted against the Claims of America', which is an attack on English "patriots": "With an effrontery without example in any other age or nation, these men assume the name of Patriots, yet lay the honour, dignity and reputation of their Country under the feet of her rebellious subjects. With a peculiar refinement on Parricide, they bind the hands of the Mother, while they plant a dagger in those of the Daughter, to stab her to the heart...." This shows a complete reversal in the attitude of the 'Westminster Magazine', see BMSat 5288. The first appearance in this catalogue of Fox as a patriot, cf. BMSat 5113.

One of the few satires which attack the Opposition. Cf. BMSat 5103, 5644, 5650, 5665, 5829, 5836. Cf. also BMSat 5832, 5833.
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