'Burning the Rumps at Temple Bar', London, 1726. The populace of London, disgusted with the Rump Parliament which formed after Oliver Cromwell's death, burned rumps of beef in the streets. Plate 11 of William Hogarth's illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]
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