The radical's arms – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of The radical's arms. 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" is a hand-colored etching by George Cruikshank, the London caricaturist whose topical prints made him one of the most widely seen satirists of the Regency era. Its November 1819 date places it in the aftermath of the Peterloo massacre, when cavalry charged a reform meeting at St. Peter's Fields in Manchester that August. Cruikshank's prints from these years often skewered reformers and government figures alike, and the title suggests the print is aimed at the radical movement and its supposed weapons or tactics. The date comes from an unverified caption card, so it is worth checking 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 | 972 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158276 |
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