Bristol and Nottingham against London- or, the Funeral of City Faction (BM 1868,0808.3713)

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Bristol and Nottingham against London- or, the Funeral of City Faction (BM 1868,0808.3713)

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A broadside on the Bristol and Nottingham Instructions of 1742, defending Robert Walpole; with an etching altered from an earlier broadside of 1740 showing in the background a funeral procession led by representatives of the main opponent newspapers of Walpole, in the foreground a bonfire fed by a satyr, on the left Walpole laughing; with engraved inscriptions, and with letterpress titles and text in two columns, and with two vertical segments of type ornaments. ([London], Webb: 1742)

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1742
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