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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

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  • A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.
  • A bald-headed Charles James Fox in a wig shop (a dog is attacking his shoe) being shown a wig by the perruquier; to the right Edmund Burke is eavesdropping behind a door. Etching by Wetherell, 1793.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
  • Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
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    An appeal to the people of England; with remarks on Dr. Priestley's letters to the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke.

    | Date: 1791
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    [Edmund Burke correspondence].

    Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 | Date: 2008-
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    The annual register, or, a view of the history, politicks, and literature for the year.

    | Date: 1791-1838
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    An account of the European settlements in America. Containing an accurate description of their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius, and dispositions of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other / By Edmund Burke.

    Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. | Date: 1808
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