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'The Battle of the Pamphleteers. Or Newark versus Newcastle', 1829. Creator: John Doyle.

'The Battle of the Pamphleteers. Or Newark versus Newcastle', 1829. Creator: John Doyle.

2-703-511 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Battle of the Pamphleteers. Or Newark versus Newcastle', 1829. Political satire showing British politicians pointing guns at each other. Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835), Member of Parliament for Newark, is saying 'For the Wisdom of our Ancestors', while his opponent Robert Wilmot-Horton (1784-1841), Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, says 'For the March of Intellect'. Wilmot-Horton, who was also Governor of Ceylon, is riding a horse labelled 'Emigration'. Published by Edward McLean, Leicester Square.

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People Information

Creator
  1. John Doyle, attributed to: British; Irish: Artist, caricaturist, painter
Subject
  1. Robert Wilmot-Horton: British: Politician, sociopolitical theorist, and colonial administrator
  2. Michael Thomas Sadler: British: Politician, MP, social reformer
People Related
  1. Edward McLean: British: Publisher
Medium
  1. Lithograph
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Portrait
  3. Satire
Category Hierarchy

People Famous People

Artistic Representations Portraits

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

History & Politics Politics Politicians

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4498x3768
File Size : 49,654kb

Aliases

  1. 1V
  1. 0580053615
  1. 1V
  1. 2-703-511
  1. 2703511
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