Copenhagen House, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795 by James Gillray
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- Copenhagen House, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795
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- James Gillray
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meeting of the London Corresponding Society on 26 October 1795 in Islington to demand universal suffrage, annual parliaments and an end to war; inscription is a reference to the scene of the Kentish Rebellion in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI', Part Two, Act IV; John Gale Jones (1769-1838) dressed as a butcher; John Thelwall (1764-1834) standing under an umbrella;
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