The radical's arms – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures The radical's arms in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The radical's arms
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The title, "The radical's arms," seems to play on the two meanings of "arms," weapons and a heraldic coat of arms, a joke that a satirical print of this period would expect viewers to catch. The record dates it to November 1819 and credits George Cruikshank, a London caricaturist whose hand-colored etchings circulated widely. That year, cavalry charged a crowd at St. Peter's Field in Manchester that August in what became known as the Peterloo Massacre, and debate over reformers and radicals ran high. The catalog data comes from an unverified caption card, so the date and attribution should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | 1819 Nov. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : hand-colored etching. |
| Notes | Hand-colored etching by George Cruikshank. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,088 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172939 |
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