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Daggers
Short, pointed hand-to-hand weapon
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A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.
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Date: [1811?]
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Reference: 2499261i
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Edmund Burke, arguing in favour of control of immigration from France, points towards the dagger he has just thrown on the floor of the House of Commons; William Pitt the younger and Henry Dundas are seated on the Treasury bench, while Charles James Fox, R.B. Sheridan and M.A. Taylor look on with alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
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Date: [1830]
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Reference: 585500i
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