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Liberty enlightened
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English: An elderly man supports on his head and shoulders a younger man wearing a bag-wig, who lies limply, holding a striped American flag, and saying, "Go on the Voice of My People is the Voice of God, But Oh Im Sick I feel myself Falling; CRUGER". A ticket is tied to his leg addressed "To Peter Wick Philladelph[id]". A little boy says to the man supporting Cruger, "Twig Father Peach". Cruger was the son-in-law of Samuel Peach, a prominent Bristol merchant and slave-trader. America, as an American Indian with a head-dress and girdle of feathers, a tomahawk and scalping-knife in his belt, stands (left) looking at Cruger, saying "Is our Poor Doodle sick then Farewell, Independence"; his feet are the claws of a bird of prey. (Cruger was known in Bristol as Doodle Doo. Einstein, 'Divided Loyalties', p. 247.) On the left three men stand behind America: one holds up his hands saying, "O we Poor Devils of Yankeys the English have Deceiv'd us", another says, "and our Spy, is Surrounded by a Thousand Various Difficulties." The third, who holds a staff and a lantern, says "Lighten our Darkness we beseech O Liberty"; these two wear election favours in their hats. At their feet is a large coil of rope inscribed, "I shall be of Service to Your Congress", probably implying that Cruger had been exporting naval stores to America. On the right a man with a wooden leg is playing a fiddle, from his mouth comes a label "In Old Oliver's Days &c." Behind are two small figures with flags, one inscribed "Cruger and Wooden Loaf will gull the Mob", the other, "Supporter of rebellion"; one waves his hat saying "Behold this Pious Dame". At their feet is a fire on which is an open book inscribed "Fast Day Prayer". (Fast days were ordered from time to time, when there was a service with prayers and sermon for the successful issue of the war.)


Behind is a church, a flag flies from its tower inscribed "Everlasting Prosperity to our Church & King DAUBENY". Outside it are men holding up clubs and stones, saying "an excellent place for St Abigals". In the sky (right) is a figure of Fame with two trumpets; through one she announces, "A Broughtonian Bully a Slanderer of Virtue a Yankey Whoremonger". 1781


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Depicted people Representation of: Henry Cruger
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 150 millimetres
Width: 241 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4787
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) A companion print to BMSat 5832.

This illustrates the contest between Cruger and Daubeny at the by-election for Bristol in February 1781. Cruger was born and educated in America, and eager for the independence of America, see BMSat 5832 n., though his speeches in the House of Commons in 1775 had been moderate. Einstein, op. cit., Chap, vii, and 'Dict. Am. Biog.'
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4787
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