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English: Britannia between Scylla & Charybdis. or— The Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy, and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary-Power.
Depicted people: William Pitt the Younger, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles James Fox, Joseph Priestley and BritanniaJs. Gy. desn. et fect. pro bono publico. SUMMARY: Pitt steering small boat, The Constitution, which also carries Britannia, towards a castle with a flag inscribed "Haven of Public Happiness". They are pursued by Sheridan, Fox, and Priestley, who are sharks, dogs of Scylla. MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pub. by H. Humphrey, April 8th 1793. |
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Source | Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3137 (color film copy transparency), uncompressed archival TIFF version (4 MB), level color (pick white point), cropped, and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.4.5. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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