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A Scotsman in Highland dress seated with his legs down two latrines, grasping the "Act for establishing Popery"; representing the Scottish rejection of the Catholic Relief Act. Etching, 1779.

The ghostly figures of Roger Mortimer, William de Roches, Hubert de Burg, Simon Montfort, and Robert Devereux approach a seated Sawney Macintosh who tries to move away from them. Etching with etched text below, c.1745.

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The ghostly figures of Roger Mortimer, William de Roches, Hubert de Burg, Simon Montfort, and Robert Devereux approach a seated Sawney Macintosh who tries to move away from them. Etching with etched text below, c.1745.

A Scotsman in Highland dress seated with his legs down two latrines, grasping the "Act for establishing Popery"; representing the Scottish rejection of the Catholic Relief Act. Etching, 1779.