The Crown & Anchor Libel burnt by the Public Hangman, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795 by James Gillray
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- The Crown & Anchor Libel burnt by the Public Hangman, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795
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- James Gillray
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / © Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford
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William Pitt (1759-1806) burns seditious pamphlet by John Reeves calling for the abolition of Parliament; Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Richard Sheridan (1751-1816) and Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) fanning the flames; comment on parliamentary censorship of free speech;
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The Artist: James Gillray
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