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The British Patriot's Procession through London, and Westminster, Amidst the shouts & Acclamations, of all tru Friends to Freedom & Liberty (BM 1880,1113.2115)

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Satire on the disputed Westminster election of 1751; view on St James's Street during a procession on the day the Hon. Alexander Murray was released from prison; on the left two men stand in wigs declaring "No Knee Worship" and "It's a Dirty Place"; at the head of the procession a man holds a sign stating "Murray and Liberty", carriages follow behind, in the background people watch the scene from their windows, St James's Palace on the left. 1751

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