Image
Description
Content/DescriptionCaricature of Free Press; fire breathing printing press with legs, wearing liberty cap and laurel wreath.
Details
Title
The Man Wots Got the Whip Hand of 'Em All
Published
1820
Full Collection Name
Framed items from the collections of The Bancroft Library
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1994.045:01--FR
Subject (Topic)
Cartoons (Commentary)
Etchings
Printing presses -- Pictorial works
Freedom of the press -- Europe -- Caricatures and cartoons
Printers -- Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings
Printing presses -- Pictorial works
Freedom of the press -- Europe -- Caricatures and cartoons
Printers -- Caricatures and cartoons
Type
Image
Extent
1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; visible image 37.7 x 28.1 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
This image was possibly published in Paul Pry, a newspaper dedicated to exposing political corruption and religious fraud. William Heath often worked with Thomas McLean and is well known for his caricatures and satirical imagery.
Printed (LR): Pub May 30th 1820 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of PPry caricatures.
Printed (LR): Pub May 30th 1820 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket Sole Publisher of PPry caricatures.
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