About this image...

Image Title: Conspirators; Or, Delegates In Council, 1817

Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist

Date: 1817 July 1st.

Summary: Cartoon shows three government ministers, Viscount Sidmouth, Thomas Reynolds and Viscount Castlereagh, sitting at a table with three agents or spies. On the table rests a large bag from which docketed papers protrude. John Bull looks through the window in horror at the proceedings.

Subjects: Agents provocateurs--Great Britain--1810-1820
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart,--Viscount,--1769-1822--Ethics
Corruption--Great Britain--1810-1820
Government officials--Great Britain--1810-1820
John Bull (Symbolic character)--1810-1820
Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844--Ethics
Spies--Great Britain--1810-1820

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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