File:Reformation began in Denbighshire Anno 1741 (BM 1873,0712.797).jpg
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Title |
Reformation began in Denbighshire Anno 1741 |
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Description |
English: Satire on the corrupt election for the Denbighshire county seat in 1741 where William Myddelton returned his kinsman John Myddelton although the latter had been heavily defeated at the poll. Depicted person: William Myddelton – High Sheriff of Denbighshire is shown in his cell at Newgate, seated despondently in front of a fire above which is drawn a hanging man and the initials "R.T."; the Bishop of St Asaph peers through the barred window. Beneath the image is the receipt for the prisoner from Thomas Bold, Keeper of Newgate. 27th February 1742
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Depicted people | Associated with: John Myddelton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1742 date QS:P571,+1742-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1873,0712.797 |
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Notes |
After Walpole's fall John Myddelton was unseated by the House of Commons, and William Myddelton was committed to Newgate, and deprived of his offices; at the same time, Isaac Maddox, Bishop of St Asaph, who had supported John Myddelton, had to apologise to the House of Commons. "R.T." probably refers to the notorious highwayman Richard (Dick) Turpin who was hanged in 1739. The print was advertised in the London Evening Post, 11-13 March 1742. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0712-797 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 10:48, 14 December 2007 |
File change date and time | 10:50, 14 December 2007 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:50, 14 December 2007 |