The Blockade of Brest?
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This typically satirical print from 1796 is the work of caricaturist Richard Newton. Newton worked with radical publisher William Holland who served time in Newgate Prison for publishing Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man. Newton himself published many powerful abolitionist works before his untimely death from typhus in 1798 at the age of just 21.
Richard Newton
1777–1798
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Date: 2012-08-08 10:27 am (UTC)"We're going to need more than a couple of seventy-fours to keep those in check, sir..."no subject
Date: 2012-08-09 07:44 pm (UTC)Would those by 74 DDs?no subject
Date: 2012-08-09 08:14 pm (UTC)More like verging on F for the lady on the left, I should say.no subject
Date: 2012-08-09 11:54 am (UTC)'...Navel review' :) *snort*
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Date: 2012-08-09 07:46 pm (UTC)21 is definitely too young. One wonders what he might have drawn if he had survived 0_O
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Date: 2012-08-11 07:17 pm (UTC)Dave
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Date: 2012-08-11 07:18 pm (UTC)Dave
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Date: 2012-08-12 10:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-14 10:24 pm (UTC)And somehow the enormous hats seem to add to the weirdly festive atmosphere!
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Date: 2012-08-17 09:29 pm (UTC)