Title: true reform of parliament,--i. E. --patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new palace yard
abstract: print shows sir francis burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as horne tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a bible, with a flaming baton labeled "sedition" while three creatures add to the flames. James boswell, samuel whitbread, lord folkestone, and henry clifford add documents to the pile as a mob destroys parliament in the background. (source: george)
physical description: 1 print: engraving with watercolor; 30. 7 x 42. 3 cm (sheet)
notes: forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress).;js. Gillray, inv. & fect. Date: 1809.
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